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Lecture 11: Geometry of the Ellipse
25 February 2008
GISC-3325
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Class Update
• Next exam 12 March 2008
• Labs 1-4 due today!
• Homework 2 due 3 March 2008
• Will have exams graded by next Monday– Will post solutions to class web page
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Note on orthometric heights
• Orthometric height differences are provided by leveling ONLY when there is parallelism between equipotential surfaces.– Over short distances this may be the case.
• To account for non-parallelism we use geopotential numbers in computations.
• In general, geopotential surfaces are NOT parallel in a N-S direction but are E-W
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Level Project
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Gravity values for points
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Helmert Orthometric Heights
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Geometry of the Ellipsoid
• Ellipsoid of revolution is formed by rotating a meridian ellipse about its minor axis thereby forming a 3-D solid, the ellipsoid.
• Modern models are chosen on the basis of their fit to the geoid.– Not always the case!
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Parameters
• a = semi-major axis length
• b = semi-minor axis length
• f = flattening = (a-b)/a
• e = first eccentricity = √((a2-b2)/a2)
• e’ = second eccentricity = √((a2-b2)/b2)
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THE ELLIPSOIDMATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE EARTH
b
a
a = Semi major axis b = Semi minor axis f = a-b = Flattening a
N
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THE GEOID AND TWO ELLIPSOIDS
GRS80-WGS84CLARKE 1866
GEOID
Earth Mass Center
Approximately 236 meters
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NAD 83 and ITRF / WGS 84
ITRF / WGS 84NAD 83
Earth Mass Center
2.2 m (3-D) dX,dY,dZ
GEOID
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Geodetic latitude
Geocentric latitude
Parametric latitude
Unlike the sphere, the ellipsoid does not possess a constant radius of curvature.
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Radius of Curvature of the Prime Vertical
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