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2543: 2030: 8230: 5235: 5413: 5535: 2538:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}D_{0}&=1+{\tfrac {3}{4}}e^{2}+{\tfrac {45}{64}}e^{4}+{\tfrac {175}{256}}e^{6}+{\tfrac {11025}{16384}}e^{8}+\cdots ,\\D_{2}&=-{\tfrac {3}{8}}e^{2}-{\tfrac {15}{32}}e^{4}-{\tfrac {525}{1024}}e^{6}-{\tfrac {2205}{4096}}e^{8}-\cdots ,\\D_{4}&={\tfrac {15}{256}}e^{4}+{\tfrac {105}{1024}}e^{6}+{\tfrac {2205}{16384}}e^{8}+\cdots ,\\D_{6}&=-{\tfrac {35}{3072}}e^{6}-{\tfrac {105}{4096}}e^{8}-\cdots ,\\D_{8}&={\tfrac {315}{131072}}e^{8}+\cdots .\end{aligned}}} 4009: 3199: 4916: 6902: 7350: 1792: 4289: 3636: 2846: 5230:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}m(\varphi )&=\left(111\,132.952\,55\,\varphi ^{(\circ )}-16\,038.509\,\sin 2\varphi +16.833\,\sin 4\varphi -0.022\,\sin 6\varphi +0.000\,03\,\sin 8\varphi \right){\mbox{ metres}}\\&=\left(111\,132.952\,55\,\beta ^{(\circ )}-5\,346.170\,\sin 2\beta -1.122\,\sin 4\beta -0.001\,\sin 6\beta -0.5\times 10^{-6}\,\sin 8\beta \right){\mbox{ metres,}}\end{aligned}}} 832: 1197: 6626: 7074: 4004:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}B_{0}&=1+{\tfrac {1}{4}}n^{2}+{\tfrac {1}{64}}n^{4}+\cdots =H_{0}\,,\\B_{2}&=-{\tfrac {1}{2}}n+{\tfrac {1}{16}}n^{3}+\cdots ,&B_{6}&=-{\tfrac {1}{48}}n^{3}+\cdots ,\\B_{4}&=-{\tfrac {1}{16}}n^{2}+{\tfrac {1}{64}}n^{4}+\cdots ,\qquad &B_{8}&=-{\tfrac {5}{512}}n^{4}+\cdots .\end{aligned}}} 4024: 1514: 3194:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}H_{0}&=1+{\tfrac {1}{4}}n^{2}+{\tfrac {1}{64}}n^{4}+\cdots ,\\H_{2}&=-{\tfrac {3}{2}}n+{\tfrac {3}{16}}n^{3}+\cdots ,&H_{6}&=-{\tfrac {35}{48}}n^{3}+\cdots ,\\H_{4}&={\tfrac {15}{16}}n^{2}-{\tfrac {15}{64}}n^{4}-\cdots ,\qquad &H_{8}&={\tfrac {315}{512}}n^{4}-\cdots .\end{aligned}}} 2019: 2835: 4299:
The above series, to eighth order in eccentricity or fourth order in third flattening, provide millimetre accuracy. With the aid of symbolic algebra systems, they can easily be extended to sixth order in the third flattening which provides full double precision accuracy for terrestrial applications.
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was defined as the length of one minute of arc along a meridian of a spherical earth. An ellipsoid model leads to a variation of the nautical mile with latitude. This was resolved by defining the nautical mile to be exactly 1,852 metres. However, for all practical purposes, distances are measured
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over the period 1684–1718. The arc was measured with at least three latitude determinations, so they were able to deduce mean curvatures for the northern and southern halves of the arc, allowing a determination of the overall shape. The results indicated that the Earth was a
4284:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}m(\varphi )={\frac {a+b}{2}}{\Biggl (}&B_{0}\varphi -B_{2}\sin 2\varphi +B_{4}\sin 4\varphi -B_{6}\sin 6\varphi +B_{8}\sin 8\varphi -\cdots \\&\quad -{\frac {2n\sin 2\varphi }{\sqrt {1+2n\cos 2\varphi +n^{2}}}}{\Biggr )}.\end{aligned}}} 1787:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}m(\varphi )&=a\left(E(\varphi ,e)-{\frac {e^{2}\sin \varphi \cos \varphi }{\sqrt {1-e^{2}\sin {}^{\!2}\varphi }}}\right)\\&=a\left(E(\varphi ,e)+{\frac {d^{2}}{d\varphi ^{2}}}E(\varphi ,e)\right)\\&=bE(\beta ,ie')\,.\end{aligned}}} 4433: 6615: 7063: 416:). It was divided into five parts by four intermediate determinations of latitude. By combining the measurements together with those for the arc of Peru, ellipsoid shape parameters were determined and the distance between the Equator and pole along the 967: 4621: 1309: 6365: 1842: 3402: 2657: 464:
In the 19th century, many astronomers and geodesists were engaged in detailed studies of the Earth's curvature along different meridian arcs. The analyses resulted in a great many model ellipsoids such as Plessis 1817, Airy 1830,
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The above integral may be expressed as an infinite truncated series by expanding the integrand in a Taylor series, performing the resulting integrals term by term, and expressing the result as a trigonometric series. In 1755,
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The calculation (to arbitrary precision) of the elliptic integrals and approximations are also discussed in the NIST handbook. These functions are also implemented in computer algebra programs such as Mathematica and Maxima.
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of gravity was less at Cayenne than at Paris. Pendulum gravimeters began to be taken on voyages to remote parts of the world, and it was slowly discovered that gravity increases smoothly with increasing
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Even though latitude is normally confined to the range , all the formulae given here apply to measuring distance around the complete meridian ellipse (including the anti-meridian). Thus the ranges of
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Delambre and Bessel both wrote their series in a form that allows them to be generalized to arbitrary order. The coefficients in Bessel's series can expressed particularly simply
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in the region of the measurements. Measurements of meridian arcs at several latitudes along many meridians around the world can be combined in order to approximate a
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showed that the distance along a geodesic on a spheroid is the same as the distance along the perimeter of an ellipse. For this reason, the expression for
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United States National Museum Bulletin 240: Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology reprinted in Bulletin of the Smithsonian Institution
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Comparisons of the standards of length of England, France, Belgium, Prussia, Russia, India, Australia, made at the Ordnance survey office, Southampton
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Section 5.6. This reference includes the derivation of curvature formulae from first principles and a proof of Meusnier's theorem. (Supplements:
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in the region the survey was to be conducted, leading to a proliferation of reference ellipsoids around the world. The latest determinations use
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Because this series provides an expansion for the elliptic integral of the second kind, it can be used to write the arc length in terms of the
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A General Formula for Calculating Meridian Arc Length and its Application to Coordinate Conversion in the Gauss-Krüger Projection
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to determine reference ellipsoids, especially the geocentric ellipsoids now used for global coordinate systems such as
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Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Knowledge article at ]; see its history for attribution.
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Early estimations of Earth's size are recorded from Greece in the 4th century BC, and from scholars at the
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J. W. Hager, J.F. Behensky, and B.W. Drew, 1989. Defense Mapping Agency Technical Report TM 8358.2.
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and the circular arc formulation. For longer arcs, the length follows from the subtraction of two
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The universal grids: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) and Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS)
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appearing in the above formula and results in poorer convergence of the series in terms of
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spheroid (with an equatorial radius less than the polar radius). To resolve the issue, the
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required a single arc. Accurate survey work beginning in the 19th century required several
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of a meridian ellipse can also be rewritten in the form of a rectifying circle perimeter,
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Series with considerably faster convergence can be obtained by expanding in terms of the
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Exercices de Calcul Intégral sur Divers Ordres de Transcendantes et sur les Quadratures
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was not constant over the Earth (as it would be if the Earth were a sphere); he took a
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as specified by the standard toise bar in Paris. Defining this distance as exactly
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Alternatively, Helmert's series for the meridian distance can be reverted to give
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about 150 years later, and slightly better results were calculated in 827 by the
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Online computation of meridian arcs on different geodetic reference ellipsoids
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F. W. J. Olver, D. W. Lozier, R. F. Boisvert, and C. W. Clark, editors, 2010,
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In 1825, Bessel derived an expansion of the meridian distance in terms of the
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The coefficients in Helmert's series can similarly be expressed generally by
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are used interchangeably in this article, with oblate implied if not stated.
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The numerical expression for the quarter meridian on the WGS84 ellipsoid is
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in radians). Therefore, the meridian distance from the equator to latitude
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In some problems, we need to be able to solve the inverse problem: given
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The trigonometric series given above can be conveniently evaluated using
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The quarter meridian is also given by the following generalized series:
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Substituting the values for the semi-major axis and eccentricity of the
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is constant under this interchange, half the terms in the expansions of
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to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is
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that is not an ellipsoid of revolution is called a triaxial ellipsoid.
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about 240 BC. He estimated that the meridian has a length of 252,000
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Die mathematischen und physikalischen Theorieen der höheren Geodäsie
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and its inverse given above play a key role in the solution of the
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in the 9th century. The first realistic value was calculated by
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Méthodes Analytiques pour la Détermination d'un Arc du Méridien
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between the two parallels at ±0.5° from the circle at latitude
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obtained one such series, which was put into a simpler form by
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The arc length of an infinitesimal element of the meridian is
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The distance formula is simpler when written in terms of the
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Latitude Developments Connected With Geodesy and Cartography
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until convergence. A suitable starting guess is given by
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between two points on the Earth's surface having the same
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Distance along a portion of a meridian, for use in geodesy
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Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Berlin 1753
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On the ellipsoid the exact distance between parallels at
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Richard Rapp gives a detailed derivation of this result.
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The purpose of measuring meridian arcs is to determine a
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The quarter meridian can be expressed in terms of the
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The above integral is related to a special case of an
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a machine-translated version of the German article.
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De Gruyter Textbook. De Gruyter. p. 5. 6243:The inverse meridian problem for the ellipsoid 5492:accompanying your translation by providing an 5437:Click for important translation instructions. 5424:expand this section with text translated from 1387:incomplete elliptic integral of the third kind 7669:Clarke, Alexander Ross; James, Henry (1866). 7553:Victor F., Lenzen; Robert P. Multauf (1964). 5634:complete elliptic integral of the second kind 397:had completely supplanted Newton's approach. 84:The earliest determinations of the size of a 8151:] (in French). Paris: Courcier. p.  7538:. London: Charles Griffin & Co. p.  4778:originates from the additional expansion of 7962: 7960: 7958: 7839:, De L'Imprimerie de Crapelet, Paris, 72–73 7828: 7826: 7668: 7498: 1830:in 1799 derived a widely used expansion on 490:from the latitude scale of charts. As the 7466: 5975:above.) 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Nachr. 7966: 7857: 7611: 518:Earth's meridional radius of curvature 8057: 7799: 7777:Mathematica guide: Elliptic Integrals 7600: 7576: 7472: 5538:A quarter meridian or Earth quadrant. 4294: 537:The main ellipsoidal parameters are, 7943: 6218:{\displaystyle M_{r}=0.5(a+b)/c_{0}} 5625:, and used in the definition of the 5406: 2552:Expansions in the third flattening ( 1801: 480: 414:meridian arc of Delambre and Méchain 176:Earth ellipsoid § Determination 169: 7952:, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. 5402: 1500:It may also be written in terms of 24: 7434:French Geodesic Mission to Lapland 6420: 6002: 5864: 5772: 5652: 5570: 5342: 4477: 1452: 81:intended to fit the entire world. 25: 8286: 8243: 7848:Rapp, R, (1991), §3.6, pp. 36–40. 7430:(West Europe-Africa Meridian-arc) 216:Although it had been known since 162:method, attributed to the Caliph 50:. The term may refer either to a 8228: 7685:Appendix on Figure of the Earth. 5411: 4763:and proved by Kazushige Kawase. 3421:Ordnance Survey of Great Britain 1819:Expansions in the eccentricity ( 1389:. In the notation of the online 324:was extended to a longer arc by 275:being about 0.5% greater at the 96:measurements and the methods of 8176: 8167: 8131: 8122: 8095: 8051: 8030: 8021: 7931: 7916: 7893: 7851: 7842: 7793: 7781: 7770: 7757: 7697:RYA day skipper handbook - sail 7284: 6907:Similarly, Bessel's series for 6836: 4759:This result was conjectured by 4200: 3943: 3438:in connection with his work on 3136: 766: 646: 610: 459: 180:Early literature uses the term 8149:Exercises in Integral Calculus 7713: 7688: 7662: 7525: 7499:Torge, W.; Müller, J. 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Freely available online at 7563:Smithsonian Institution Press 7535:A Textbook of Physics, 4th Ed 7460: 5504:{{Translated|de|Erdquadrant}} 837: 402:Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre 7484:. Berlin: Springer. p.  6125:{\displaystyle C_{p}=4m_{p}} 5530:Ellipse § Circumference 1811:derived an expansion in the 844:meridian radius of curvature 508:Latitude § Meridian arc 7: 7832:Delambre, J. B. J. (1799): 7621:. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 7405: 5474:will aid in categorization. 400:By the end of the century, 152:On the measure of the Earth 73:that best approximates the 10: 8291: 5527: 5449:Machine translation, like 1378: 505: 492:Royal Yachting Association 339:French Academy of Sciences 273:gravitational acceleration 173: 115: 8215:10.1007/s00190-012-0578-z 8081:10.1017/s0080456800030817 7867:Astronomische Nachrichten 7721:Geometric Geodesy, Part I 7454:Geodesics on an ellipsoid 5749:are the first and second 5426:the corresponding article 1381:Ellipse § Arc length 326:Giovanni Domenico Cassini 7887:10.1002/asna.18370142301 7735:The Mercator Projections 7695:Hopkinson, Sara (2012). 7480:The Forgotten Revolution 6915:can be reverted to give 6255:. This may be solved by 8173:Helmert (1880), Chap. 5 7904:, Einleitung und 1 Teil 7899:Helmert, F. R. (1880): 7733:Osborne, Peter (2013), 7593:. Search the following 7439:French Geodesic Mission 6228:It can be evaluated as 6157:rectifying Earth radius 5619:definition of the metre 5513:For more guidance, see 4862:compared to the one in 1504:(See the NIST handbook 494:says in its manual for 244:and found that it lost 212:17th and 18th centuries 190:ellipsoid of revolution 8275:History of measurement 8002:10.1002/asna.201011352 7752:Latex code and figures 7613:Clarke, Alexander Ross 7346: 7059: 6898: 6611: 6432: 6361: 6219: 6126: 6073: 5955: 5868: 5743: 5709: 5608: 5539: 5393: 5231: 4852: 4750: 4617: 4481: 4429: 4285: 4005: 3621: 3398: 3195: 2831: 2634: 2539: 2015: 1788: 1491: 1305: 1193: 963: 828: 262:. This indicated the 112:History of measurement 8270:Meridians (geography) 8101:Helmert (1880), §1.10 8027:Helmert (1880), §1.11 8018:, 241–254 (1825), §5. 7356:Adrien-Marie Legendre 7347: 7060: 6899: 6612: 6467:can be used instead. 6433: 6362: 6220: 6127: 6084:Earth's circumference 6074: 5956: 5848: 5744: 5710: 5609: 5550:), also known as the 5537: 5515:Knowledge:Translation 5486:copyright attribution 5394: 5232: 4870:Numerical expressions 4853: 4751: 4618: 4461: 4430: 4286: 4006: 3622: 3399: 3196: 2832: 2635: 2540: 2016: 1789: 1492: 1379:Further information: 1306: 1194: 964: 829: 290:had published in the 116:Further information: 106:numerical expressions 8128:Helmert (1880), §5.6 7912:10.5281/zenodo.32050 7743:10.5281/zenodo.35392 7723:, §3.5.1, pp. 28–32. 7398:playing the role of 7390:playing the role of 7075: 6922: 6627: 6477: 6390: 6266: 6166: 6093: 5989: 5964:(For the formula of 5763: 5742:{\displaystyle e,e'} 5722: 5643: 5561: 5339: 4917: 4782: 4655: 4445: 4310: 4025: 3637: 3449: 3273: 2847: 2658: 2574: 2031: 1843: 1515: 1404: 1371:, are unrestricted. 1213: 1005: 853: 571: 469:, Everest 1830, and 122:History of the metre 79:geocentric ellipsoid 8207:2013JGeod..87...43K 8036:Kawase, K. (2011): 7994:2010AN....331..852K 7922:Krüger, L. (1912): 7879:1837AN.....14..333B 7449:Rectifying latitude 7444:Struve Geodetic Arc 7423:Reference ellipsoid 7299: 7220: 7165: 7094: 7033: 7005: 6977: 6949: 6851: 6772: 6717: 6646: 6588: 6560: 6532: 6504: 6443:rectifying latitude 5973:#Generalized series 3433:parametric latitude 1248: 1204:parametric latitude 1114: 1045: 514:circular arc length 343:expeditions to Peru 220:that the Earth was 218:classical antiquity 71:reference ellipsoid 67:figure of the Earth 8185:Journal of Geodesy 8040:, Bulletin of the 7413:History of geodesy 7342: 7340: 7317: 7287: 7263: 7238: 7208: 7183: 7153: 7130: 7112: 7082: 7055: 7021: 6993: 6965: 6937: 6894: 6892: 6869: 6839: 6815: 6790: 6760: 6735: 6705: 6682: 6664: 6634: 6607: 6576: 6548: 6520: 6492: 6428: 6357: 6215: 6122: 6069: 6067: 6063: 6016:0.9983242984312529 5951: 5739: 5705: 5604: 5546:(analogous to the 5540: 5494:interlanguage link 5389: 5387: 5227: 5225: 5221: 5070: 4876:Clenshaw summation 4848: 4746: 4613: 4425: 4420: 4392: 4295:Generalized series 4281: 4279: 4001: 3999: 3976: 3922: 3897: 3842: 3789: 3771: 3702: 3677: 3617: 3394: 3286: 3208:changes sign when 3191: 3189: 3166: 3115: 3090: 3038: 2985: 2967: 2912: 2887: 2827: 2630: 2535: 2533: 2510: 2458: 2433: 2378: 2353: 2328: 2276: 2251: 2226: 2201: 2146: 2121: 2096: 2071: 2011: 1813:third eccentricity 1784: 1782: 1487: 1301: 1234: 1189: 1187: 1100: 1031: 959: 824: 822: 523:meridian distances 420:was calculated as 395:Clairaut's theorem 277:geographical poles 118:History of geodesy 7719:Rapp, R, (1991): 7512:978-3-11-025000-8 7316: 7262: 7237: 7182: 7129: 7111: 6868: 6814: 6789: 6734: 6681: 6663: 6426: 6407: 6351: 6155:. Therefore, the 6062: 6033: 6029: 6020: 5922: 5846: 5806: 5594: 5526: 5525: 5438: 5434: 5386: 5220: 5069: 4846: 4845: 4766:The extra factor 4761:Friedrich Helmert 4592: 4403: 4391: 4356: 4265: 4264: 4063: 4016:geodetic latitude 3975: 3921: 3896: 3841: 3788: 3770: 3701: 3676: 3483: 3322: 3285: 3165: 3114: 3089: 3037: 2984: 2966: 2911: 2886: 2692: 2624: 2509: 2457: 2432: 2377: 2352: 2327: 2275: 2250: 2225: 2200: 2145: 2120: 2095: 2070: 1876: 1802:Series expansions 1712: 1639: 1638: 1288: 1170: 954: 951: 814: 760: 698: 677: 604: 481:The nautical mile 410:Mediterranean Sea 341:(1735) undertook 170:Ellipsoidal Earth 98:satellite geodesy 16:(Redirected from 8282: 8238: 8233: 8232: 8226: 8200: 8180: 8174: 8171: 8165: 8164: 8135: 8129: 8126: 8120: 8108: 8102: 8099: 8093: 8092: 8055: 8049: 8034: 8028: 8025: 8019: 8013: 7987: 7964: 7953: 7947: 7941: 7935: 7929: 7920: 7914: 7897: 7891: 7890: 7873:(333): 333–346. 7855: 7849: 7846: 7840: 7830: 7821: 7816: 7797: 7791: 7785: 7779: 7774: 7768: 7761: 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3548:4 3537:4 3533:B 3529:+ 3523:2 3512:2 3508:B 3504:+ 3496:0 3492:B 3487:( 3481:2 3477:b 3474:+ 3471:a 3465:= 3462:) 3456:( 3453:m 3436:β 3409:n 3392:, 3388:) 3377:4 3373:n 3369:+ 3364:3 3360:n 3351:2 3347:n 3343:+ 3340:n 3334:1 3331:( 3328:a 3325:= 3319:n 3316:+ 3313:1 3309:a 3304:= 3301:) 3298:b 3295:+ 3292:a 3289:( 3283:2 3280:1 3264:b 3260:a 3251:k 3249:2 3246:H 3241:) 3239:b 3235:a 3233:( 3228:2 3225:/ 3222:1 3214:b 3210:a 3206:n 3185:. 3174:4 3170:n 3154:= 3145:8 3141:H 3134:, 3123:4 3119:n 3098:2 3094:n 3078:= 3069:4 3065:H 3057:, 3051:+ 3046:3 3042:n 3023:= 3014:6 3010:H 3004:, 2998:+ 2993:3 2989:n 2979:3 2973:+ 2970:n 2964:2 2961:3 2952:= 2943:2 2939:H 2931:, 2925:+ 2920:4 2916:n 2906:1 2900:+ 2895:2 2891:n 2884:4 2881:1 2875:+ 2872:1 2869:= 2860:0 2856:H 2825:, 2820:) 2813:+ 2807:8 2796:8 2792:H 2788:+ 2782:6 2771:6 2767:H 2763:+ 2757:4 2746:4 2742:H 2738:+ 2732:2 2721:2 2717:H 2713:+ 2705:0 2701:H 2696:( 2690:2 2686:b 2683:+ 2680:a 2674:= 2671:) 2665:( 2662:m 2628:. 2619:2 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1562:e 1559:, 1553:( 1550:E 1546:( 1542:a 1539:= 1532:) 1526:( 1523:m 1485:. 1481:) 1478:e 1475:, 1470:2 1466:e 1462:, 1456:( 1448:) 1442:2 1438:e 1431:1 1427:( 1423:a 1420:= 1417:) 1411:( 1408:m 1369:μ 1365:β 1361:φ 1349:e 1344:/ 1340:e 1332:e 1326:φ 1322:f 1318:β 1299:, 1292:d 1278:2 1267:2 1259:e 1255:+ 1252:1 1240:0 1232:b 1229:= 1226:) 1220:( 1217:m 1183:. 1176:d 1168:2 1165:3 1155:) 1143:2 1133:2 1129:e 1122:1 1118:( 1106:0 1098:) 1093:2 1089:e 1082:1 1079:( 1076:a 1073:= 1060:d 1056:) 1050:( 1047:M 1037:0 1029:= 1022:) 1016:( 1013:m 996:φ 992:φ 983:φ 981:( 979:M 957:, 949:2 946:3 940:) 928:2 918:2 914:e 907:1 903:( 897:) 892:2 888:e 881:1 878:( 875:a 869:= 866:) 860:( 857:M 818:. 809:2 805:) 801:n 798:+ 795:1 792:( 787:n 784:4 778:= 773:2 769:e 764:, 756:2 752:e 745:1 740:a 737:= 734:) 731:f 725:1 722:( 719:a 716:= 709:b 702:, 695:f 689:2 685:f 680:= 674:b 671:+ 668:a 663:b 657:a 651:= 648:n 644:, 640:) 637:f 631:2 628:( 625:f 622:= 617:2 613:e 608:, 602:a 598:b 592:a 586:= 579:f 562:n 555:e 547:f 543:b 539:a 528:φ 422:5 369:( 345:( 312:/ 309:1 255:2 251:1 248:+ 246:2 20:)

Index

Meridional line
geodesy
navigation
curve
longitude
segment
meridian
length
figure of the Earth
reference ellipsoid
geoid
spherical Earth
arc measurements
astro-geodetic
satellite geodesy
WGS 84
numerical expressions
History of geodesy
History of the metre
caliph
House of Wisdom
Baghdad
Alexandrian
Eratosthenes
stadia
Posidonius
arc measurement
Al-Ma'mun
Earth ellipsoid § Determination
sphere

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