Vincenty's formulae are two related iterative methods used in geodesy to calculate the distance between two points on the surface of the Earth, using an accurate ellipsoidal model of the Earth (e.g. the WGS 84 reference ellipsoid). The formulas were developed by Thaddeus Vincenty in 1975 and published in the Survey Review. … [Read more...]
CATEGORY: GCS
The story of the Geodetic Calculation Services – GCS
Once upon a time there was an Aeronautical Information Service officer in a Country far away… He regularly received a bunch of ATS Route Data from different Data Originators…. … [Read more...]