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Inertial Navigation Systems: Geodesy

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Definition

Geodesy :

The science of measuring the Earth using precise determinations of point coordinates.

Inertial navigation system :

A system that obtains real-time coordinates of a vehicle in motion using a set of accelerometers and gyroscopes.

Introduction

Geodesy can trace its origins as a science back to over 2200 years ago when Earth’s radius, hence its circumference, was first inferred by Eratosthenes (276–195 B.C.) from an astronomic measurement of the angle between two verticals on its curved surface located a measured distance apart (Torge, 2001). Refinements to this crude, but technically sound and essential, technique have been made since the late Renaissance (seventeenth century) to establish exquisitely detailed and accurate networks of surveyed coordinates of points all over the Earth. Today, the references that had oriented the vertical at a point, thus defining its coordinates in some fundamental coordinate system, namely, the sun and stars, are mostly replaced by...

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  1. Division of Geodetic Science, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Christopher Jekeli

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    Erik Grafarend

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Jekeli, C. (2015). Inertial Navigation Systems: Geodesy. In: Grafarend, E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geodesy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02370-0_10-1

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