List of geodesists

Geodesy
Fundamentals
  • Geodesy
  • Geodynamics
  • Geomatics
  • History
Concepts
  • Geographical distance
  • Geoid
  • Figure of the Earth (radius and circumference)
  • Geodetic coordinates
  • Geodetic datum
  • Geodesic
  • Horizontal position representation
  • Latitude / Longitude
  • Map projection
  • Reference ellipsoid
  • Satellite geodesy
  • Spatial reference system
  • Spatial relations
  • Vertical positions
Technologies
Standards (history)
NGVD 29 Sea Level Datum 1929
OSGB36 Ordnance Survey Great Britain 1936
SK-42 Systema Koordinat 1942 goda
ED50 European Datum 1950
SAD69 South American Datum 1969
GRS 80 Geodetic Reference System 1980
ISO 6709 Geographic point coord. 1983
NAD 83 North American Datum 1983
WGS 84 World Geodetic System 1984
NAVD 88 N. American Vertical Datum 1988
ETRS89 European Terrestrial Ref. Sys. 1989
GCJ-02 Chinese obfuscated datum 2002
Geo URI Internet link to a point 2010
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Notable geodesists
Carl Friedrich Gauss, one of the first modern geodesists

This is a list of geodesists, people who made notable contributions to geodesy, whether or not geodesy was their primary field. These include historical figures who laid the foundations for the field of geodesy.

Geodesists before 1900 (arranged by date)

20th century geodesists (alphabetically arranged)

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C

D

F

H

J

K

L

M

O

  • John A. O'Keefe, 1916–2000 (United States)

P

  • Georges Perrier, 1872–1946 (France)

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S

T

V

W

See also

  • Earth sciences portal
  • iconGeodesy portal
  • iconPhysics portal

References

  1. ^ "DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY TECHNICAL REPORT 80-003". Ngs.noaa.gov. Retrieved 8 December 2018.