Re: [Flightgear-devel] Ellipsoid math

2003-11-18 Thread Gerhard Wesp
> Does anyone know how to determine the tangent to a point on a wgs84 ellipsoid? > In particular I'm trying to find the "geodetic center point" of a wgs84 > ellipsoid based on a geodetic point on the surface. Given an ellipsoid E a^2 x^2 + b^2 y^2 + c^2 z^2 = 1, the equation of the tangent pl

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Ellipsoid math

2003-11-17 Thread Paul Surgeon
On Monday, 17 November 2003 22:46, Norman Vine wrote: > There are many my favorite are > http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/datum/datum.html > http://earth-info.nima.mil/GandG/geolay/toc.htm > http://www.irbs.com/bowditch/ > > My favorite text > Bomford, G. 1980. Geodesy. Oxford: Claren

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Ellipsoid math

2003-11-17 Thread Norman Vine
Paul Surgeon writes: > > Does anyone know how to determine the tangent to a point on a wgs84 ellipsoid? this should help FG_SRC / tests / test_up.cxx > Are there any good sources that will walk me through ellisoid maths > step-by-step? There are many my favorite are http://www.colorado.edu/geo