Determination of local geoid with geometric method: Case study

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 136-146

  Yang, Zhan Ji ^a   Chen, Yong Qi ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GEOMETRIC METHOD; LOCAL GEOID;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GEOID; GPS;

HONG KONG;

EID: 0345493727     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9453(1999)125:3(136)     Document Type: Article

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