Closed-Form transformation between geodetic and ellipsoidal coordinates
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Featherstone, Will
Claessens, Sten
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2008Type
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We present formulas for direct closed-form transformation between geodetic coordinates(Φ, λ, h) and ellipsoidal coordinates (β, λ, u) for any oblate ellipsoid of revolution.These will be useful for those dealing with ellipsoidal representations of the Earth's gravityfield or other oblate ellipsoidal figures. The numerical stability of the transformations for nearpolarand near-equatorial regions is also considered.
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Featherstone, Will and Claessens, Sten. Closed-Form transformation between geodetic and ellipsoidal coordinates. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 52 (1): 1-18.
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Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica
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Department of Spatial Sciences
Faculty of Science & Engineering
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The original publication is available at http://www.springer.com
The link to this article is: http:dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11200-008-0002-6
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