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Geodesy Iv  

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Introduction. Reference surfaces. Shape and size of the Earth. Geometry of the ellipsoid. Reference systems. Geodetic Datum. Datum transformations. Geodetic networks for horizontal and vertical control. 3D networks. The influence of the atmosphere on geodetic measurements. Field work. Instruments and measurement methods for first order networks. Deflection of the vertical. Astrogeodetic methods. First order levelling, accuracies and computations. Dynamic theory of heights. Corrections and reductions of geodetic measurements on the reference surface. Computations on the ellipsoid for positioning.

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English

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Geodesy Iv
English

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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