meridian arc is the curve between two points on the Earth's surface having the same longitude. The term may refer either to a segment of the meridian...
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long-standing rival to the Greenwich meridian as the prime meridian of the world. The "Paris meridian arc" or "French meridian arc" (French: la Méridienne de France)...
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length of the meridian arcs: the longer the meridian arcs, the more precise the image of the Earth ellipsoid would be. After Struve Geodetic Arc measurement...
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length of the meridian arcs: the longer the meridian arcs, the more precise the image of the Earth ellipsoid would be. After Struve Geodetic Arc measurement...
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distance (arc length) surveyed between two locations on Earth's surface. The most common variant involves only astronomical latitudes and the meridian arc length...
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Latitude (section Meridian distance)
binomial series and integrating term by term: see Meridian arc for details. The length of the meridian arc between two given latitudes is given by replacing...
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Pole Meridian arc, the distance between two points with the same longitude Prime meridian, origin of longitudes Principal meridian, arbitrary meridians used...
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kilometres (1,750 mi), which yielded the first accurate measurement of a meridian arc. The chain was established and used by the German-born Russian scientist...
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the nautical mile was intended to express one minute of latitude (see meridian arc), which is 21,600 partitions of the polar circumference (that is 60 minutes...
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in 1792–1798 to measure an arc section of the Paris meridian between Dunkirk and Barcelona. This arc measurement served as the basis for the original definition...
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