Practical Geodesy

1. Preamble.- 1.1 Welcome to the World of Geodesy.- 1.2 Organisation of this Book.- 1.3 Acknowledgements.- 2. BASIC Guidelines and Algorithms.- 2.1 Double-Precision Form for Numeric Constants.- 2.2 Error Messages.- 2.3 Conversion of BASIC Programs.- 2.4 Recasting Algorithms.- 3. Datums and Reference Systems.- 3.1 The Figure of the Earth.- 3.2 Vertical Datum.- 3.3 Linear Units of Measurement.- 3.4 Geodetic Reference Datum.- 3.5 Geodetic Reference Systems.- 3.6 Space-based Positioning Systems.- 3.7 Footnotes.- 4. Geodetic Arc Distances.- 4.1 The Great Elliptic Arc.- 4.2 The Normal Section.- 4.3 Geodesics.- 4.4 Calculation of the Arc of the Meridian.- 5. Conformal Projections in General.- 5.1 Scope and Terminology.- 5.2 Conversions and Transformations.- 5.3 Symbology.- 5.4 Practice.- 6. Gauss-Krüger Projection.- 6.1 Transverse Mercator Projection System.- 6.2 Gauss-Krüger Projection Applications.- 6.3 The Universal Transverse Mercator Grid System.- 6.4 Round-Trip Errors.- 7. Lambert's Conformal Conical Projection.- 7.1 Quadrillage KilomètriqueSystème Lambert.- 7.2 Lambert's Conical Projection Applications.- 7.3 Accuracy.- 8. Oblique Mercator Projection.- 8.1 RSO and HOM Projections.- 8.2 Oblique Mercator Projection Applications.- 8.3 Accuracy.- 9. Spatial Co-ordinate Calculations.- 9.1 Curvilinear Geodetic Datum Transformation.- 9.2 Accuracy.- 9.3 Using Bi-linear Interpolation.- 10. Miscellaneous Co-ordinate Systems.- 10.1 Military Applications.- 10.2 Civil Applications.- 11. Appendix.- 11.1 The World Geographic Reference System.- 11.2 Some Non-Standard Grid Systems in Current Use.- 11.3 Topographic Mapping of Antarctica.- 11.4 Spatial Databases.- 11.5 Organisation of the International Earth Rotation Service.- 11.6 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations.- 11.7 Programs.- 12. Bibliography and Indices.- 12.1 Index of Subjects.- 12.2 Index of Authors.- 12.3 Bibliography.