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geodetic survey

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geodetic survey
n.
A survey of a large area of land in which corrections are made to account for the curvature of the earth.
geodetic survey
A survey of a large area of land in which corrections are made to account for the curvature of the Earth.


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Geodetic Survey manages a network of beacons that transmit differential GPS corrections from beacons across the country.
Time-location analysis for exposure assessment studies of children ... by Palcisko, Gary J. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Their assignment became a 5-year-long quest to establish "the eighteenth century's most ambitious geodetic survey, and a project without precedent," according to Danson.
Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border ... by Science News
The researchers used three different methods to arrive at their estimate--(1) a 1998 global gravitational model produced by NASA and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, (2) a 1999 regional, high-resolution geoid model, and (3) recent measurements made by the National Geodetic Survey of a reference marker on the NIST site.
DETERMINATION OF THE RELATIVISTIC RED SHIFT BY NIST IN BOULDER by Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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