The study of geodesics on an ellipsoid arose in connection with geodesy specifically with the solution of triangulation networks. The figure of the Earth...
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axes of an ellipsoid are distinct, but sufficiently close to each other, then the ellipsoid has only three simple closed geodesics. A geodesic, on a Riemannian...
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an ellipse or an ellipsoid of revolution (spheroid), respectively. Focaloid, a shell bounded by two concentric, confocal ellipsoids Geodesics on an ellipsoid...
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distance s12 which are within 1% of the geodesic length for the WGS84 ellipsoid; see Geodesics on an ellipsoid for details. Detailed evaluation of the...
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within 0.5 mm (0.020 in) on the Earth ellipsoid. Vincenty's goal was to express existing algorithms for geodesics on an ellipsoid in a form that minimized...
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Geodetic coordinates (redirect from Ellipsoidal height)
methods are available. Local geodetic coordinates Geodetic datum Geodesics on an ellipsoid Planetary coordinate system National Geodetic Survey (U.S.).;...
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Geodesics on an ellipsoid behave in a more complicated way than on a sphere; in particular, they are not closed in general (see figure). A geodesic triangle...
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Great-circle distance (redirect from Distance between two points on the globe)
on the sphere there are no straight lines. In spaces with curvature, straight lines are replaced by geodesics. Geodesics on the sphere are circles on...
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(geometry), a vector Cardinal directions 180-degree apart Inverse geodesics on an ellipsoid A 180-degree rotation A point reflection This disambiguation page...
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parametric angle on the ellipse. (A similar mapping to an auxiliary sphere is carried out in the solution of geodesics on an ellipsoid. The differences...
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