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What does geodesy mean?

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  1. (sciences, geography) The discipline which deals with the measurement and representation of Earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, Earth tides, and crustal motion) in three-dimensional, time-varying space
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Even the most imaginative pioneers did not foresee the real impact of GPS on many fields of professional life, in particular my field, geodesy and surveying.
He worked on geodesy but became interested in conformal map projections where he invented a quincuncial map projection using elliptic functions.
Professor Woodward has published many papers on subjects in astronomy, geodesy, mathematics and mechanics.
The activities primarily involved geodesy, geo-prospecting, deep bore drilling, engineering and environmental studies and socio-economic studies.
To my feeling, this is the most exciting GNSS development of the past 15 years within the field of geodesy, surveying, and geoinformation.
While Laplace and Gauss contributed to the physical sciences such as astronomy and geodesy, Fisher used his mathematical gifts to till the fertile ground of biology.

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