geodetic
Concerning planetary curvature
Geodetic relates to geodesy—the science of measuring and representing the Earth's shape, gravitational field, and surface features.
Geodetic surveys establish precise coordinates across large areas, accounting for the planet's curvature: geodetic datum, geodetic coordinates.
The term appears in mapping, navigation, and satellite positioning systems where ordinary flat-earth assumptions break down.
Oval solid shape
- geoidGravitational equipotential surface model
- WGS84Earth's shape model
- spheroidNearly round solid
- datumSingle unit of information
latitude · longitude · coordinate · epoch · realization · transformation · projection
Location via three points
- baselineStandard for comparison
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- datumSingle unit of information
- azimuthHorizontal directional angle
elevation · altimetry · gravimetry · levelling · theodolite · GPS · georeferencing · adjustment
Creating geographic representations
Mutual mass attraction
- equatorMidpoint circle of rotation
- meridianPole-to-pole great circle
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
- continentalOf a continent
crust · mantle · subsidence · uplift · isostasy
ellipsoid
Oval solid shape
datum · latitude · longitude · coordinate · epoch · realization · transformation · projection
triangulation
Location via three points
azimuth · elevation · altimetry · gravimetry · levelling · theodolite · GPS · georeferencing · adjustment · networks
cartography
Creating geographic representations
gravity
Mutual mass attraction
- equatorMidpoint circle of rotation
- meridianPole-to-pole great circle
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
continental · crust · mantle · subsidence · uplift · isostasy
geodeticplane
Winged flying vehicle
planar · flat-earth · Euclidean · rectilinear · Cartesian
geodeticlocal
Of this area
approximate · practical · small-scale · cadastral · topographic