Fast Method for Detecting Geographical Center of Romania using AutoCAD

This paper explains in detail a novel step-by-step method for fast computation of the geographical center of a bordered region, using Google Earth, GIMP and AutoCAD. The novelty of the paper consists in how the three well-known software applications were combined to calculate the geographical center of a country. The most important step was how GIMP was used for translating the map from Google Earth to AutoCAD. An estimation of the accuracy of this method is also presented. A discussion on ways to increase the accuracy also appears in the paper. The country used throughout the paper for testing the method was Romania. The algorithm identified the geographical center of Romania in the vicinity of Făgăraş train station, South of the city of Făgăraş, in Brasov county of Romania.