Office of GEOINT Sciences: Publications
Welcome to the NGA Geodesy and Geophysics publications
listing. Many of the documents are available in Adobe's portable
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- Geodesy for the Layman (HTML) (PDF 3,507 kb)
- TR8350.2: DoD World Geodetic System 1984 - Its Definition and Relationships with Local Geodetic Systems
- TM8358.1: Datums, Ellipsoids, Grids and Grid Reference Systems (HTML) (PDF, 23MB)
- TM8358.2: The Universal Grids: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) and Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS)(PDF , 3 MB)
- GEOTRANS v.2.4.2 (Geographic Translator)
- Revised version 2.4.2 posted Oct 2008 (release notes)
- Register - Click here if you wish to be contacted with updates as they occur
- Error Theory as Applied to Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy - TR8400.1 (4,344 KB)
- Principles of Error Theory and Cartographic Applications - TR96 (2,377 KB)
- WGS 84 Coordinate Validation and Improvement for the NIMA and Air Force GPS Tracking Stations (NSWCDD/TR-96/201)
- Horizontal Datums
- Vertical Datums
- All You Ever Wanted to Know and Couldn't Find Out About Precise Positioning...(In Plain English)
- Accuracy - This report defines accuracy and suggests mathematical tools to propagate the effects of errors to a generic product.
- Publications of Historic Interest
- Ordering instructions for Geodesy and Geophysics publications
