Geodetic heights /

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Author / Creator:Sansò€, F. (Fernando), 1945- author.
Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Springer geophysics
Springer geophysics.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11781479
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Other authors / contributors:Reguzzoni, Mirko, author.
Barzaghi, Riccardo, author.
ISBN:3030104540
9783030104559
3030104559
9783030104542
9783030104535
3030104532
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2019).
Summary:This book provides the necessary background of geometry, mathematics and physical geodesy, useful to a rigorous approach to geodetic heights. The concept of height seems to be intuitive and immediate, but on the contrary it requires a good deal of scientific sharpness in the definition and use. As a matter of fact the geodetic, geographic and engineering practice has introduced many different heights to describe our Earth physical reality in terms of spatial position of points and surfaces. This has urged us to achieve a standard capability of transforming one system into the other. Often this is done in an approximate and clumsy way. This book solves the above practical problems in a rigorous way, showing what degree of approximation is used in approximate formulas. In addition the book gives a sound view on a matter that is presently occupying scientific associations, namely the unification of the global and regional height reference systems. It provides the mathematical background as well as the state of the art of its implementation. It will be particularly useful for professionals and national agencies.
Other form:Print version: Sansò€, F. (Fernando), 1945- Geodetic heights. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2019 3030104532 9783030104535
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-030-10454-2