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Re: [Phys-L] field of an ellipsoidal distribution

On August 14, 2015 at 8:23 PM, David Bowman wrote:


The angular difference between the direction from a point on the surface
to
the center and the direction normal to the best fit ellipsoidal
approximation
to the geoid (i.e. local vertical using the best fit ellipsoidal model of
gravitaiton) at that place defines the difference between two major
distinct
definitions of the concept of latitude ...

Thanks for this detailed, clear, and interesting description of the
different types of latitude definitions. You must be a great teacher!

Don Polvani