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Shortest Spheroidal Distance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

Tim Zukas
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Keywords

1. Geodesy
Type
Forum
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 107 - 108
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1994

References

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