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geodesy
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geodesy

Science of measuring and mapping Earth's surface for making maps and correlating geological, gravitational, and magnetic measurements. Geodetic surveys, formerly carried out by means of various measuring techniques on the surface, are now commonly made by using radio signals and laser beams from orbiting satellites (see global positioning system).



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The second reason can be found in a letter sent to me in 1982 from the University of Hannover's Institut fur Theoretish Geodesie, now renamed the Institut fur Erdmessung, literally "Earth measurement.
The measurement of little g: a fertile ground for precision ... by Faller, James E. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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