Andinet Ashagre (PhD)Haileslassie Muluken2024-05-272024-05-272023-09https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3035The optimization of a geodetic network is to enhance precision and efficiency in surveying practices. Precision involves in controlling the quality of a geodetic network. The research objective is to strategically position control points and minimize errors to improve the overall geodetic network. Finding the optimal design of geodetic network of Ethiopia is the main objective of this thesis by solving the zero order design and first order design problems by applying one of the classical methods that is the trial and error technique using a MATLAB programing language. Zero order design problem was applied to a case study network consists of 30 points and 70 designed distances with a priori deviation equal to 5mm, to determine the best points in the network to consider as control points. The results showed that P18 and P19 having the minimum ellipse of error and considered as control points. These points are therefore chosen as the control points since they have an area of 0.094 and 0.101, respectively, making them the best points. First order design problem was applied on a selected network to be analysed using the objective function, with selected range of movement of 100m to each point in each direction. This first order design problem optimization is done by the trial and error method. By taking P18 and P19 as control points the optimal design of the geodetic network with high precision is developeden-USControl PointsFirst order designGeodetic networksOptimizationPrecisionZero order design.Thesis