HR: 0800h
AN: G51B-0086    [Abstracts]
TI: A Geometrical Geodesy Package for {\it Mathematica}
AU: * Meyer, T H
EM: thomas.meyer@uconn.edu
AF: Natural Resources Management & Engineering, University of Connecticut, WB Young rm 308 1376 Storrs Rd, Storrs, CT 06269-4087 United States
AB: We have developed a geometrical geodesy library suite written in {\it Mathematica}. This suite contains functions defining geodetic datums, geodetic reference ellipsoids, linear and angle units found in surveying and geodesy, four major coordinate systems (geodetic, Earth-Centered Earth-Fixed Cartesian, local Cartesian, and projected) and the transformations between them. Also defined are functions for measurement reductions, the forward and inverse geodesy problems, and the major cartographic projections. We believe this package to be the most complete and extensive geometrical geodesy package that exists. It comes with full documentation and is free of charge. This presentation will introduce {\it Mathematica}, provide an overview of the library suite, and present several demonstrations of its use.
DE: 1204 Control surveys
DE: 1224 Photogrammetry
DE: 1229 Reference systems
DE: 1247 Terrestrial reference systems
SC: Geodesy [G]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting