A RATIONAL PARAMETRIC APPROACH TO LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, AND ALTITUDE

Joshua Zev Levin

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Abstract: A method for parametrically representing the surface of the earth is described. Latitude and longitude are replaced by parametric pseudolatitude and pseudolongitude. Conversions between Cartesian coordinates in three-space and the parametric form are described. A compact and precise algorithm for Cartesian-to-parametric form has been developed by way of tested computer procedures.
Published in: NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Volume 35, Number 3
Pages: 361 - 370
Cite this article: Levin, Joshua Zev, "A RATIONAL PARAMETRIC APPROACH TO LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, AND ALTITUDE", NAVIGATION: Journal of The Institute of Navigation, Vol. 35, No. 3, Fall 1988, pp. 361-370.
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