• Ellipsoidal coordinates are a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system ( λ , μ , ν ) {\displaystyle (\lambda ,\mu ,\nu )} that generalizes the two-dimensional...
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    ellipsoidal height h (also known as geodetic height). The triad is also known as Earth ellipsoidal coordinates (not to be confused with ellipsoidal-harmonic...
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    ellipsoidal height h (also known as geodetic height). The triad is also known as Earth ellipsoidal coordinates (not to be confused with ellipsoidal-harmonic...
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    §§26–27) employed the (triaxial) ellipsoidal coordinates (with triaxial ellipsoidal latitude and triaxial ellipsoidal longitude, β, ω) defined by X = a cos ⁡...
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    of the density, and the iso-density surface is an ellipsoid. Ellipsoidal dome Ellipsoidal coordinates Elliptical distribution, in statistics Flattening...
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    These coordinates are the natural choice in models of the gravity field for a rotating ellipsoidal body. The above applies to a biaxial ellipsoid (a spheroid...
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    California. Given the dimensions of the ellipsoid, the conversion from lat/lon/height-above-ellipsoid coordinates to X-Y-Z is straightforward—calculate...
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    the momenta). Curvilinear coordinates Ellipsoidal coordinates Generalized coordinates Bipolar coordinates "Elliptic coordinates", Encyclopedia of Mathematics...
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    neither strictly ellipsoidal nor strictly spherical. EPSG's definition says the projection "uses spherical development of ellipsoidal coordinates". The underlying...
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    prolate spheroidal coordinates.) Oblate spheroidal coordinates can also be considered as a limiting case of ellipsoidal coordinates in which the two largest...
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