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,...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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ellipsoid of revolution, geocentric to model the entire Earth, or else geodetic for regional work A sphere In the case of the geoid and ellipsoids, the...

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

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

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

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

Administration (NOAA). It has been operating since 1993 and is used primarily for geodetic very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). Itapetinga Radio Observatory...