Geodetic astronomy or astronomical geodesy (astro-geodesy) is the application of astronomical methods into geodetic networks and other technical projects...

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

orientation to the geographic north is achieved through methods of geodetic astronomy. The principal instruments used are theodolites and tacheometers,...

PAGEOS Seasat Starlette and Stella TOPEX/Poseidon TRANSIT WESTPAC Geodetic astronomy Satellite gravimetry Seeber, Gunter (2003). Satellite geodesy. Berlin...

The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (abbreviated USC&GS; known as the Survey of the Coast from 1807 to 1836, and as the United States Coast Survey...

disappearing from the surface and beneath or above the surface of the Earth. Geodetic astronomy is the application of astronomical methods into networks and technical...

systems of Gauss–Krüger are defined by ED50 and oriented by means of geodetic astronomy. Up to now it has been used in databases of gravity fields, cadastre...

Astrometry Celestial navigation Coordinated Universal Time dUT1 Geodetic astronomy Meridian circle Solar time Star position Zenith camera Seidelmann...

binary Barycentric celestial reference system Ephemeris Equatorium Geodetic astronomy Gaia spacecraft — launched December 2013 Hipparcos Space Astrometry...

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...

in the signed range -180° to +180°. The concept is used in navigation, astronomy, engineering, mapping, mining, and ballistics. The word azimuth is used...

coordinate systems used in spherical astronomy. An example of Earth-centered frame Earth-centered inertial (ECI) Geodetic system International Terrestrial...

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

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modern satellite geodesy or the analysis and interconnection of continental geodetic networks. Amongst the different set of data used in national surveys are...

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coordinates, Ecliptic coordinates annual aberration, improper motion Geodetic astronomy, transit instruments F.W.A. Argelander (1863). Bonner Sternverzeichnis...

1867 worked in the United States Coast Survey, where he worked in geodetic astronomy and was in charge of the longitude department. He developed and organized...

L}} ), or Earth–Moon characteristic distance, is a unit of measure in astronomy. More technically, it is the semi-major axis of the geocentric lunar orbit...

from the ground at that location. Longitude is generally given using the geodetic normal or the gravity direction. The astronomical longitude can differ...

contributions were in the field of optics. He was also active in geodetics, astronomy and optical metrology. He had an affectionate nickname of Wizard...

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mechanics of heaven. In his work he dealt with issues concerning geodetic astronomy. [citation needed] In 1979, the International Astronomical Union named...

important scientists in geodetic astronomy and in electronic navigation. In the 1950s Ramsayer became professor at the Geodetic Institute of the University...

optics to reduce this effect. Terrestrial refraction, sometimes called geodetic refraction, deals with the apparent angular position and measured distance...

The geodetic effect (also known as geodetic precession, de Sitter precession or de Sitter effect) represents the effect of the curvature of spacetime...

Roble Observatory Manuel Foster Observatory TIGO (Transportable Integrated Geodetic Observatory) Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) to be located at Las Campanas...

published on geodesy and photogrammetry, with additional contributions to geodetic astronomy and the development of clocks. He held multiple positions within the...

body that is roughly spherical. In spatial (3D) geometry, as applied in astronomy, the equator of a rotating spheroid (such as a planet) is the parallel...