EBK ELEMENTARY SURVEYING
EBK ELEMENTARY SURVEYING
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ISBN: 8220106714225
Author: GHILANI
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 19, Problem 19.1P
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The defining parameters to describe an ellipsoid such as GRS 80 .

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  • The ellipsoid is defined in mathematical terms as something which has been used to compute the positions of widely spaced points which are located through the control surveys.

Sizes and shapes of the ellipsoids can be defined by two parameters. The lists of parameters of two ellipsoids are Clarke 1866. Ellipsoids of the defining parameters will be semi axes a and b . There are also parameters GRS80 and WGS84 ; the defining parameters will be semi major axis a and the flattening factor f .

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