Methods of adjusting space systems data and terrestrial measurements (original) (raw)

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Various space systems use coordinate systems differing among each other as to coordinate origin, orientation, and scale, which brings about systematic differences between results obtained by the different techniques. A reconciliation of these differences can be achieved in a combined adjustment in which certain groups of observations are assigned transformation parameters as unknowns. This method is extended to combined adjustments of three-dimensional and terrestrial data in areas of continental extent.

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1. National Geodetic Survey, NOS, NOAA, Rockville, Maryland
   T. Vincenty

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Vincenty, T. Methods of adjusting space systems data and terrestrial measurements.Bull. Geodesique 56, 231–241 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02525584

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• Issue Date: September 1982
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