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| Published: |
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | Boca Raton, Florida : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 196 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781498774628 1498774628 |
| Index Number: | GA116 |
| CLC: | P282 |
| Call Number: | P282/V279/3rd ed. |
| Contents: |
Machine generated contents note: Foundation of a Coordinate System -- Uncertainty -- Datums to the Rescue -- Rene Descartes -- Cartesian Coordinates -- Attachment to the Real World -- Cartesian Coordinates and the Earth -- The Shape of the Earth -- Latitude and Longitude -- Between the Lines -- Longitude -- Latitude -- Categories of Latitude and Longitude -- The Deflection of the Vertical -- Directions -- Azimuths -- Bearings -- Astronomic and Geodetic Directions -- North -- Magnetic North -- Grid North -- Polar Coordinates -- Summary -- Exercises -- Building |