
Physical Geodesy
Springer (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 28. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVII, 403 pages
978-3-211-33544-4 (ISBN)
Description
"Physical Geodesy" by Heiskanen and Moritz, published in 1967, has for a long time been considered as the standard introduction to its field. The enormous progress since then, however, required a complete reworking. While basic material could be retained other parts required a complete update. This concerns, above all, the adaptation to the fact that the geometry can now be precisely determined by methods such as GPS, and that new satellite methods, combined with terrestrial methods, also make a detailed determination of the earth's gravitational field a possibility and a necessity. Highlights include: emphasis on global integration of geometry and gravity, a simplified approach to Molodensky's theory without integral equations, and a general combination of all geodetic data by least-squares collocation. In the second edition minor mistakes have been corrected.
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Edition
2nd, corr. ed. 2006
Language
English
Place of publication
Vienna
Austria
Publishing group
Springer Wien
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Graduate
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
111 s/w Abbildungen
XVII, 403 p. 111 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
714 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-211-33544-4 (9783211335444)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-211-33545-1
Schweitzer Classification
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Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof | Helmut Moritz
Physical Geodesy
E-Book
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Physical Geodesy
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Content
Motivation.- Fundamentals of potential theory.- Gravity field of the earth.- Gravity reduction.- Heights.- The geometry of the earth.- Gravity field outside the earth.- Space methods.- Modern views on the determination of the figure of the earth.- Statistical methods in physical geodesy.- Least-squares collocation.- Computational methods.