Geodesy

Summary of contents:
1. Introduction
2. The Gravity Field of the Earth
3. Geodetic Reference Systems
4. Methods of Measurement in Geodesy
5. Methods of Evaluation, Global Geodesy
6. Geodetic Networks
The fourth edition of this textbook has been thoroughly revised in order to reflect the central role which geodesy has achieved in the past ten years. The Global Geodetic Observing System established by the IAG utilizes a variety of techniques to determine the geometric shape o ...