Introduction to ellipsoid of revolution and the of potential and ellipsoidal models Geodesy geoid; Definitions of astronomical and time. (B) Geodetic computations on the E4.1b Describe modern geodetic reference Coordinate ellipsoid. systems and associated reference frames. geodetic reference frames systems, frames Vertical datums and datums Terrestrial reference systems and reference frames. (B) Modern geodetic datums E4.1c Geodetic Describe horizontal and vertical datum WGS84, GRS80. transformations transformation concepts and datum and associated transformation techniques computations (B) E4.1d Describe geometry of on the ellipsoid Ellipsoidal and perform forward and inverse computations computations on the ellipsoidal surface using available software. (B) E4.2 Principles of Cartography E4.2 Map Geometrical properties of map Describe the properties and distortions in projections projections different types of projections used in maps Cylindrical, conical and charts.
Introduction to Geodesy (B) ellipsoid of revolution and the geoid; Definitions of astronomical and time. Geodetic computations on the ellipsoid. geodetic reference frames Vertical datums Terrestrial reference systems and reference frames. Modern geodetic datums WGS84, GRS80. and datum transformation techniques of potential and ellipsoidal models E4.1b Coordinate systems, frames and datums (B) Describe modern geodetic reference systems and associated reference frames. E4.1c Geodetic transformations and associated computations (B) Describe horizontal and vertical datum transformation concepts E4.1d Ellipsoidal computations (B) Describe geometry of on the ellipsoid and perform forward and inverse computations on the ellipsoidal surface using available software. E4.2 Principles of Cartography E4.2 Map projections Geometrical properties of map projections Cylindrical, conical Describe the properties and distortions in different types of projections used in maps and charts.
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