geodetic height

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• Height — is the measurement of vertical distance, but has two meanings in common use. It can either indicate how tall something is, or how high up it is. For example one could say That is a tall building , or That airplane is high up in the sky . These… …   Wikipedia

• Geodetic astronomy — is the application of astronomical methods into s and technical projects of geodesy.The most important topics are: * Establishment of geodetic datum systems (e.g. ED50) or at expeditions * apparent places of stars, and their proper motions *… …   Wikipedia

• Height Modernization — is the name of a series of state by state programs recently begun by the United States National Geodetic Survey, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The goal of each state program is to place GPS base stations at… …   Wikipedia

• Geodetic system — For other uses, see Geodetic. Geodesy Fundamentals …   Wikipedia

• World Geodetic System — The World Geodetic System defines a reference frame for the earth, for use in geodesy and navigation. The latest revision is WGS 84 dating from 1984 (last revised in 2004), which will be valid up to about 2010.Earlier schemes included WGS 72, WGS …   Wikipedia

• U.S. National Geodetic Survey — Closeup of a Geodetic Survey marker National Geodetic Survey, formerly called the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (U.S.C.G.S.), is a United States federal agency that defines and manages a national coordinate system, providing the foundation for… …   Wikipedia

• Dynamic height — is a way of specifying the height of a point above a reference, as opposed to orthometric height or normal height. Dynamic height is constant if one follows the same gravity potential as they move from place to place. Because of variations in… …   Wikipedia

• European Combined Geodetic Network — (ECGN) is a research project aimed at high accuracy geoid determination. The purpose of ECGN is to connect the height systems obtained via geometric positioning by GNSS with gravity referenced heights with a cm level accuracy. The effects of the… …   Wikipedia

• Orthometric height — The orthometric height is the distance H along a line of force from a given point P at the physical surface of an object to the geoid. Orthometric heights are what are usually used in the US for ordinary engineering work. Values for measured… …   Wikipedia

• Normal height — Normal heights are heights above sea level, one of several types of height which are all computed slightly differently. Alternatives are: orthometric heights and dynamic heights. The normal height H * of a point is computed from geopotential… …   Wikipedia

• Australian Height Datum — The Australian Height Datum is a geodetic datum for altitude measurement in Australia. According to Geoscience Australia, In 1971 the mean sea level for 1966 1968 was assigned the value of zero on the Australian Height Datum at thirty tide gauges …   Wikipedia