GEODESY FOR THE LAYMAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FRONT MATTER

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTERS:

I History of Geodesy

II Figure of the Earth

III Geodetic Surveying Techniques

IV Geodetic Systems

V Physical Geodesy

VI Satellite Geodesy

VII Other Developments in Geodesy

VIII The World Geodetic System

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX, Spherical Harmonics

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