(geodesy)
51Figure of the Earth — An oblate spheroid Geodesy …
52Petr Vaníček — (born 1935 in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, today in Czech Republic) is a Czech Canadian geodesist and theoretical geophysicist who has made important breakthroughs in theory of spectral analysis and geoid computation. He initiated the establishing of… …
53Earth science — (also known as geoscience, the geosciences or the Earth Sciences), is an all embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth [ [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=earth%20science Wordnet Search: Earth science] ] . It is… …
54Spherical Earth — Medieval artistic representation of a spherical Earth with compartments representing earth, air, and water (c. 1400). The concept of a spherical Earth dates back to ancient Greek philosophy from around the 6th century BC …
55Meridian arc — In geodesy, a meridian arc measurement is a highly accurate determination of the distance between two points with the same longitude. Two or more such determinations at different locations then specify the shape of the reference ellipsoid which… …
56Geodetic system — For other uses, see Geodetic. Geodesy Fundamentals …
57Karl-Rudolf Koch — (* 1935) is a German geodesist and professor at the University of Bonn (FRG). In the global geodetic community he is well known for his research work in geodetic statistics (espec. robust parameter estimation) and in gravity field models. Short… …
58Geographic coordinate system — Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 3.12MB) …
59Abū Rayhān Bīrūnī — Infobox Muslim scholars | era = Matthew Deal image caption = Biruni on a 1973 Iranian post stamp commemorating his one thousandth anniversary | name = Abū Rayhān Muhammad ibn Ahmad Bīrunī title= Abu Rayhan Biruni birth = 15 September 973 AD|… …
60Geomatics — A Surveyers Shed showing the equipment they use in geomatics Geodesy …
