Abstract:The second national island resources survey project is about to begin, to study the urgent need to deepen the island Elevation Datum transmission. In this paper, the history of the development of the Elevation datum transfer, based on the development status quo, with the technical methods in recent years, Jiangsu Province, the island's work, comprehensive utilization JSCORS, GPS[CD*2]RTK, PPP and synchronization level observations, the set contains inshore, middle[CD*2]distance from the shore, far from the shore three categories island Elevation Datum delivery method.