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Field Interpretation Of Latitude And Longitude In Arkansas: A Portable Coordinate Projection, William R. Teague
Field Interpretation Of Latitude And Longitude In Arkansas: A Portable Coordinate Projection, William R. Teague
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Two- and three-dimensional coordinate systems are fundamental to most quantitative mapping applications. The Geodetic, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM),and State Plane systems have traditional roles in various science, surveying, and government agency engineering applications. The coordinates of three-dimensional Geodetic system are latitude, longitude, and height above ellipsoid (HAE).Because of its ability to cope with the intrinsically three dimensional character of the earth's surface, the Geodetic system is capable of supporting precise relative positioning and very high accuracy computations of distance between any two positions on or near the earth's surface. The two-dimensional UTMand State Plane systems are extremely useful for the …