Introduction to Geodesy |
Contents
THE ELLIPSOID OF REVOLUTION | 8 |
Types of Latitude | 22 |
Spherical Excess | 29 |
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accuracy adjusted airborne aircraft altitude angle angular approximately astrolabe astronomical axis azimuth baseline Bouguer camera celestial Chapter circle computed constant coordinate system correction Decca defined determined difference direction distance measured earth electronic surveying elevation ellipse equation expressed Figure free-air frequency Gee-H geodesy geodetic coordinates Geodetic Survey Geodimeter geoid geometric gravimeters Gravimetric gravity anomalies ground stations height horizon hyperbolas instrument intersection isostatic known l₁ law of sines length longitude Lorac mass mathematical mean meridian zenith distance meters method miles normal observations orbit orthometric height pole prime vertical pulse radius of curvature range reduction reference ellipsoid refraction right ascension rotation satellite position seconds of arc semimajor axis Shoran shown in Fig sin² solution solved sphere spherical triangle standard error star substituted surface tan² Tellurometer tion transit U.S. Coast unit unknown v₁ velocity vertical zenith distance