Open Directory - Science: Earth Sciences: Geomatics: Geodesy
This category in other languages: - Collaborative project between the California Institute of Technology Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Radio and Geoastronomy Division. - Windows program which converts between map datums and projections, including Gauss Kruger, TM, UTM, and Lambert Conic grids. - Includes professional activities, research, publications, workshops and news. - They are part of a research program with the Department of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University. - The publication attempts to develop an appreciation of the scope of geodesy and to generate some understanding of the problems encountered in the science. - Introduction to geodetic datums, geometric earth models, global coordinate systems (such as latitude and longitude), datum conversions, and related topics. University of Texas. - Definitions relating to geodesy, explanations of coordinate systems, and geodesy formulas. Reference ellipsoid defined with derived geometrical constants, equation of the meridional ellipse, and geometry of the meridian section. - CV and publications. Includes virtual library of geodesy and geomatics science, software, links and geoid portal pages. - Develops software including geodetic standard software, international geo data and development tools for geo informatics. - Links to education and government sites. - Branch of US military responsible for maintaining satellite geodesy, conducting geodectic survyes, and collecting, processing, and evaluating gravity data (free-air and Bouguer gravity anomalies). - Provides links to established Polish companies which operate within land surveying, cartography, photogrammetry, land surveying information technology and real estate management and appraisal.
