Geodesy is a term coined by the Greeks in order to replace the original term ''geometry'', which had meanwhile lost its original meaning of earth or land measuring (surveying) and acquired the new meaning of an abstract ''theory of shapes''. Aristotle tells us in his ''Metaphysics'' that the two terms differ only in this respect: ''Geodesy refers to things that can be sensed, while geometry to things that they cannot''. Many centuries afterwards the word geodesy was set in use anew, to denote the determination of the shape of initially parts of the earth surface and eventually, with the advent of space methods, the shape of the whole earth. Thus it remained an applied science, while facing at the same time significant and challenging theoretical problems, in both physical modeling and data analysis methodology.
after Dermanis & Rummel 2000
IN DUBIO PRO GEO is a geodetic cloud computing software. It offers tools for geodetic computations and adjustment
Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein
IN DUBIO PRO GEO tries to reconcile scientific correctness with ease of use, also for beginners.
From the start values given or uploaded by the user it is attempted to compute as much as possible.
If nothing reasonable can be computed from these values, nothing is computed.
To a great extent, the terms and symbols are aligned to the
Wikipedia .
The diffent computation tools are cross-linked, such that the results of one computation can be used as start values of a subsequent computation, whenever this makes sense.
This website is under permanent development. Mistakes cannot be excluded. All is done to detect and fix bugs. If you detect any bug or problem and want to support this, please send a short report. Hints and suggestions are always welcome.
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