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arXiv:1109.4448physics.geo-ph

Algorithms for geodesics

Charles F. F. Karney

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Abstract

Algorithms for the computation of geodesics on an ellipsoid of revolution are given. These provide accurate, robust, and fast solutions to the direct and inverse geodesic problems and they allow differential and integral properties of geodesics to be computed.

arXiv comments
LaTex, 12 pages, 8 figures. Version 2 corrects some errors and adds numerical examples. Supplementary material is available at http://geographiclib.sourceforge.net/geod.html
Journal reference
J. Geodesy 87(1), 43-55 (Jan. 2013)
DOI
doi:10.1007/s00190-012-0578-z
Subjects
physics.geo-phGeophysics physics.comp-phComputational Physics

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    • GeoPy’s implementation is based on Karney’s work, https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/ https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4448

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