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from one end point to a fictitious point at the same latitude as the second end point is then calculated by trigonometry. The surface distance
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An additional arc measurement at another latitudinal band, delimited by a new pair of standpoint and forepoint, serves to
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Hsu, Mei‐Ling (1993). "The Qin maps: A clue to later Chinese cartographic development".
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Historically, the distance between two places has been determined at low precision by
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between two locations on Earth's surface. The most common variant involves only
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at the midpoint of the meridian arc can then be determined inverting the
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The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
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Dunkirk-Collioure arc measurement (Cassini de Thury and de Lacaille)
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Dunkirk-Collioure arc measurement (Cassini, Cassini, and de La Hire)
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in 1735–1738, involving measurement expeditions to Lapland (
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Arc measurements

â€čSee Tfdâ€ș
German
astrogeodetic
radius of Earth
Earth radius of curvature
figure of the Earth
latitude
longitude
geographic distance
arc length
surveyed
astronomical latitudes
meridian arc
astronomical longitude
parallel
geographic coordinates
International Association of Geodesy
Meridian arc § History
Eratosthenes
Yi Xing
Jean Fernel
Snellius
Alkmaar
Bergen op Zoom
Snellius' triangulation
flattening
geographic latitudes
French Geodesic Mission

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