Chapter 2 Coordinate Systems and Transformations

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The geodetic coordinate system (see Fig. 2.1) is widely used in GPS-based navi-gation. We note that it is not a usual Cartesian coordinate system but a system that characterizes a coordinate point near the earth’s surface in terms of longitude, lat-itude, and height (or altitude), which are respectively denoted by λ, ϕ, and h.The

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