In the context of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) the book offers a timely review of map projections (sphere, ellipsoid, rotational surfaces) and geodetic datum transformations. For the needs of photogrammetry, computer vision, and remote sensing space projective mappings are reviewed.
Table of Content
From Riemann manifolds to Riemann manifolds.- From Riemann manifolds to Euclidean manifolds.- Coordinates.- Surfaces of Gaussian curvature zero.- “Sphere to tangential plane”: polar (normal) aspect.- “Sphere to tangential plane”: transverse aspect.- “Sphere to tangential plane”: oblique aspect.- “Ellipsoid-of-revolution to tangential plane”.- “Ellipsoid-of-revolution to sphere and from sphere to plane”.- “Sphere to cylinder”: polar aspect.- “Sphere to cylinder”: transverse aspect.- “Sphere to cylinder”: oblique aspect.- “Sphere to cylinder”: pseudo-cylindrical projections.- “Ellipsoid-of-revolution to cylinder”: polar aspect.- “Ellipsoid-of-revolution to cylinder”: transverse aspect.- “Ellipsoid-of-revolution to cylinder”: oblique aspect.- “Sphere to cone”: polar aspect.- “Sphere to cone”: pseudo-conic projections.- “Ellipsoid-of-revolution to cone”: polar aspect.- Geodetic mapping.- Datum problems.
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