- and
geodesy the
Earth is
often approximated by an
oblate spheroid,
known as the
reference ellipsoid,
instead of a sphere. The
current World Geodetic System...
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triangulation networks. The
figure of the
Earth is well
approximated by an
oblate ellipsoid, a
slightly flattened sphere. A
geodesic is the
shortest path between...
- shorter, the
ellipsoid is an
oblate spheroid; if it is longer, it is a
prolate spheroid. If the
three axes have the same length, the
ellipsoid is a sphere...
- and
related areas, the word '
ellipsoid' is
understood to mean '
oblate ellipsoid of revolution', and the
older term '
oblate spheroid' is
hardly used. For...
- An
oblate ellipsoid is the three-dimensional
surface generated by the
rotation of an
ellipse about its
shorter axis (minor axis). "
Oblate ellipsoid of...
-
represents the
figure of the
Earth as an
oblate spheroid. The
oblate spheroid, or
oblate ellipsoid, is an
ellipsoid of
revolution obtained by
rotating an...
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above the equator, as the Earth's
surface can be
better modeled as an
oblate ellipsoid than as a sphere. The word
horizon derives from the Gr**** ὁρίζων κύκλος...
-
Earth and Mars) are
ellipsoids of
revolution for
which the
equatorial radius is
larger than the
polar radius, such that they are
oblate spheroids. Vertical...
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diameter to form an
ellipse or an
ellipsoid of
revolution (spheroid) respectively.
Other terms used are ellipticity, or
oblateness. The
usual notation for flattening...
- the
surface of
Earth is best
modelled by an
oblate ellipsoid of revolution, for
small scale maps the
ellipsoid is
approximated by a
sphere of
radius a, where...
