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geodetic datum

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geodetic datum [¦jē·ə¦ded·ik ′dad·əm]
(geodesy)
A datum consisting of five quantities: the latitude and longitude of an initial point, the azimuth of a line from this point, and two constants necessary to define the terrestrial spheroid.


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3 Djevelporten SV (BO: Bouvet Island) The coordinates in the list are referenced to the geodetic datum WGS84.
This was the first geoid determination in Australia and the techniques were extensively used over later years in mapping the geoid over the continent and determining the geodetic datum of best fit.
0 include 46 additional geodetic datum transformations to enable users to accurately collect data throughout the world.
 
 
 
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