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geodesy and
terrestrial geodetic techniques, and
relying on
datums and
coordinate systems. The job
titles are
geodesist and
geodetic surveyor.
Geodesy began...
- The
World Geodetic System (WGS) is a
standard used in cartography, geodesy, and
satellite navigation including GPS. The
current version, WGS 84, defines...
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Geodetic coordinates are a type of
curvilinear orthogonal coordinate system used in
geodesy based on a
reference ellipsoid. They
include geodetic latitude...
- A
geodetic datum or
geodetic system (also:
geodetic reference datum,
geodetic reference system, or
geodetic reference frame) is a
global datum reference...
- Adam; Kopcz,
Piotr (2014).
Loxodrome (Rhumb
Line),
Orthodrome (Great Circle),
Great Ellipse and
Geodetic Line (Geodesic) in Navigation. USA: CRC Press,...
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geodesic line]. This
terminology was
introduced into
English either as "geodesic
line" or as "
geodetic line", for
example (Hutton 1811, p. 115), A
line traced...
- 1941, the
Coast and
Geodetic Survey Corps again suspended its
peacetime activities to
support the war effort,
often seeing front-
line service. Over half...
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vertical or
plumb line,
which is
deflected slightly from the normal, or
line perpendicular, to the
reference ellipsoid used to
define geodetic latitude and...
- A
geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a
spherical or
geodetic coordinate system for
measuring and
communicating positions directly on the
Earth as latitude...
- own, the term "latitude"
normally refers to the
geodetic latitude as
defined below. Briefly, the
geodetic latitude of a
point is the
angle formed between...