Physical Geodesy

Helmut Moritz

ISBN 10: 3211335447 / ISBN 13: 9783211335444

Published by Springer Vienna, Springer, 2006

About this Item

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Physical Geodesy' by Heiskanen and Moritz, published in 1967, has for a long time been considered as the standard introduction to its field. The enormous progress since then, however, required a complete reworking. While basic material could be retained other parts required a complete update. This concerns, above all, the adaptation to the fact that the geometry can now be precisely determined by methods such as GPS, and that new satellite methods, combined with terrestrial methods, also make a detailed determination of the earth's gravitational field a possibility and a necessity. Highlights include: emphasis on global integration of geometry and gravity, a simplified approach to Molodensky's theory without integral equations, and a general combination of all geodetic data by least-squares collocation. In the second edition minor mistakes have been corrected.

Seller Inventory # 9783211335444

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Physical Geodesy
• Publisher: Springer Vienna, Springer
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3211335447
• ISBN 13: 9783211335444
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 168H x 24D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 168 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 714 grams

About this title

Synopsis

"Physical Geodesy" by Heiskanen and Moritz, published in 1967, has for a long time been considered as the standard introduction to its field. The enormous progress since then, however, required a complete reworking. While basic material could be retained other parts required a complete update. This concerns, above all, the adaptation to the fact that the geometry can now be precisely determined by methods such as GPS, and that new satellite methods, combined with terrestrial methods, also make a detailed determination of the earth's gravitational field a possibility and a necessity. Highlights include: emphasis on global integration of geometry and gravity, a simplified approach to Molodensky's theory without integral equations, and a general combination of all geodetic data by least-squares collocation. In the second edition minor mistakes have been corrected.