three-dimensional geodesy

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• Helmert transformation — The Helmert transformation (named after Friedrich Robert Helmert, 1843 ndash;1917; also called a seven parameter transformation) is a transformation method within a three dimensional space. It is frequently used in geodesy to produce distortion… …   Wikipedia