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Datum shift algorithms utilized by most national governments including the US are:
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Datum shift algorithms utilized by most national governments including the US are:
Molodensky Method

Bursa Wolfe Method (NATO)

Minimum Curvature Method (Geophysics)
Datum shift algorithms utilized by most national government militaries including the US are
Molodensky Method

Bursa Wolfe Method (NATO)
The difference between a 3-parameter and a 7-parameter transformation is to accomplish:
higher level of accuracy

same accuracy over a larger area
The state plane projection chosen for a region predominately East-West in extent is:
Lambert Conformal Conic
The state plane projection chosen for a region predominately North-South in extent is:
Transverse Mercator
The state plane chosen for a region predominately tilted in extent is:
Oblique Mercator
the software package used to compute state plane coordinate transformations is:
CorpsCon

GeoTrans
The "principle problem of geodesy" involved:
Geodesic
The straight line drawn on a normal mercator projection is a :
Loxodrome
The straight line drawn on a gnomonic projection is a:
Orthodrome
Gerhard Kramer invented his projection in:1542Classical Datum Origins are relatively easy to find with google earth because they are commonly located at:Astronomical ObservatoriesAll latitude functions were developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a computational convenience for:Map ProjectionsThe latitude Function used for Equal Are Maps for Tax Assessors is :Authalic LatitudeThe latitude function used for the normal mercator projection is:Conformal LatitudeThe two kinds of systematic error in conformal map projections are:scale factor convergence angleSketch the relationship between ellipsoid, geoid, and topographysee picture