Geodetic coordinates are a type of curvilinear orthogonal coordinate system used in geodesy based on a reference ellipsoid. They include geodetic latitude...

locations on Earth by means of either geodetic coordinates (and related vertical coordinates) or geocentric coordinates. Datums are crucial to any technology...

local geodetic coordinate system, local vertical, local horizontal coordinates (LVLH), or topocentric coordinates. It consists of three coordinates: one...

the needed world system to which geodetic data could be referred and compatibility established between the coordinates of widely separated sites of interest...

Geodesy or geodetics is the science of measuring and representing the geometry, gravity, and spatial orientation of the Earth in temporally varying 3D...

conversion: format change of geographic coordinates, conversion of coordinate systems, or transformation to different geodetic datums. Geographic coordinate conversion...

way: the geodetic, geocentric and parametric latitudes are used in geodetic coordinates, spherical polar coordinates and ellipsoidal coordinates respectively...

are used as a preferred surface on which geodetic network computations are performed and point coordinates such as latitude, longitude, and elevation...

R − R0; it is not to be confused for the geodetic altitude. Conversions between ECEF and geodetic coordinates (latitude and longitude) are discussed at...

A geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on Earth as latitude...

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset (also EPSG registry) is a public registry of geodetic datums, spatial reference systems, Earth ellipsoids, coordinate transformations...

projection is used to convert geodetic coordinates to plane coordinates on a map; it projects the datum ellipsoidal coordinates and height onto a flat surface...

discrepancy is that the difference between geodetic coordinates and astronomically determined coordinates everywhere remains a localized gravity effect...

reference framework for measuring geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude). Examples include the World Geodetic System and the 1927 and 1983 North American...

by geographical coordinates in terms of latitude and longitude. This distance is an element in solving the second (inverse) geodetic problem. Calculating...

The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820...

The Geodetic Reference System 1980 (GRS80) consists of a global reference ellipsoid and a normal gravity model. The GRS80 gravity model has been followed...

Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) is a map projection system for assigning coordinates to locations on the surface of the Earth. Like the traditional method...

HGRS87 specifies a non-geocentric datum that is tied to the coordinates of the key geodetic station at the Dionysos Satellite Observatory (DSO) northeast...

curvilinear coordinate system name. Curvilinear coordinates Geodetic coordinates Orthogonal basis Skew coordinates Tensor Vector field Eric W. Weisstein. "Orthogonal...

deformations, coordinates and velocities of SLR stations, and other substantial geodetic data. Satellite laser ranging is a proven geodetic technique with...

twin satellites. Reference ellipsoids are also useful for defining geodetic coordinates and mapping other planetary bodies including planets, their satellites...

real world coordinates of those points on the ground, the map is then said to be "in control". Having a base map and other data in geodetic control means...

other surface is involved in geodetic measurement: the geoid. In geodetic surveying, the computation of the geodetic coordinates of points is commonly performed...

theodolite whose axis is perpendicular to the surface of the spheroid; geodetic azimuth (or geodesic azimuth) is the angle between north and the ellipsoidal...

three-dimensional space by using a distance and two angles as its three coordinates. These are the radial distance r along the line connecting the point...

also known as MGRS-New, which is used for WGS84 and some other modern geodetic datums, the letter for the first row – just north of the equator – is A...

western hemisphere. The coordinates used in this article are sourced from Google Earth, which makes use of the WGS84 geodetic reference system. Additionally...

consider. Rotation formalisms in three dimensions Geodetic coordinates Geodetic system Plane coordinates Gade, Kenneth (2010). "A non-singular horizontal...

Adjustment of the North American Datum of 1988. It superseded the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29), previously known as the Sea Level Datum...