Modern determination of vertical deflections using digital zenith cameras

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Hirt, Christian ^a   Bürki, Beat ^b   Somieski, Anna ^c   Seeber, Günter ^d  

^a HAFENCITY UNIVERSITY HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrogeodetic geoid determination; Digital zenith camera system; Geodetic astronomy; Vertical deflection; Zenith camera

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; ASTROGEODETIC GEOID DETERMINATION; CAMERA SYSTEMS; COMPARISON MEASUREMENT; DEGREE OF AUTOMATION; DIGITAL IMAGING SENSORS; ENGINEERING PROJECT; GEODETIC ASTRONOMY; GRAVITY FIELD; HIGH-PRECISION; INSTRUMENTAL DESIGN; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TILT CORRECTION; VERTICAL DEFLECTIONS;

ASTRONOMY; DATA PROCESSING; DATA REDUCTION; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); GEODESY; PRECISION ENGINEERING;

CAMERAS;

ASTRONOMY; DATA PROCESSING; DEFLECTION; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; GEODESY; GEOID; SURVEYING; TILT;

EID: 77951029052     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000009     Document Type: Article

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