- Roadmap to Resources
- Tutorial PDF
(pdf, 6.9Mb) - Subject Review
- Podcast - Geodesy
- Welcome
- What is Geodesy?
- The History of Geodesy
- Figure of the Earth
- Datums
- The Horizontal Datum
- The Vertical Datum
- Gravity
- The National Spatial Reference System
- The Global Positioning System
- CORS and GIS
- References
The Elements of Geodesy
Geodesy
References
Careers in Geodesy. 1986. The American Geophysical Union Section of Geodesy. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union. 30 pp.
Geodesy for the Layman. 1984. Washington, DC: Defense Mapping Agency. Online at: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/Geodesy4Layman/TR80003A.HTM.
Geodetic Glossary. 1986. Rockville, MD. National Geodetic Survey. 266 pp.
Herring, Thomas. 1996, February. The Global Positioning System. Scientific American, 44-50.
Hurn, Jeff. 1989. GPS: A Guide to the Next Utility. Sunnyvale, CA: Trimble Navigation Ltd. 76 pp.
Schultz, Sandra S. and Robert E. Wallace. 1997. The San Andreas Fault. United States Geological Survey. Online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/safaultgip.html.
Smith, J.R. 1988. Basic Geodesy. Rancho Cordova, CA: Landmark Enterprises. 135 pp.
Tinambunan, D. 2003. How do GPS devices work? ScientificAmerican.com. Online at: http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=000349D4-D6FC-1CFC-93F6809EC5880000&catID=3.
Vanicek, Petr. 2000. An Online Tutorial in Geodesy. Academic Press. Online at: http://einstein.gge.unb.ca/tutorial/tutorial.htm.
