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Geodetic Math Problem Revisited

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mathteacher
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Here's a solution to J. Penry's Geodetic Math Problem that does not require state plane calculations nor ellipsoidal calculations. Instead, it assumes that lat/lon are plane coordinates and accounts for convergence by multiplying angular (arc) differences along parallels by the cosine of the latitude.

Sort of a poor man's LDP, I guess. Perhaps it's not the most sophisticated image, but sometimes it does one good to do something by hand.


 
Posted : July 30, 2013 7:16 pm
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[sarcasm]the quality of your north arrow indicates your calcs are probably questionable....[/sarcasm]


 
Posted : July 31, 2013 9:34 am
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It is puny, isn't it? It wasn't used in the calculation, so perhaps it didn't distort the results too much.

There is a typo (??) in one of the descriptions. Angle DAB is Arctan(DB/DA), not Arctan(DB/AB).

Sometimes it's good to think outside the black box.


 
Posted : July 31, 2013 11:16 am