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Cartography / Physical geodesy / Geoid / World Geodetic System / Earth radius / Satellite geodesy / Latitude / Spherical Earth / Gravity of Earth / Geodesy / Measurement / Physics
Date: 2006-02-23 19:32:07
Cartography
Physical geodesy
Geoid
World Geodetic System
Earth radius
Satellite geodesy
Latitude
Spherical Earth
Gravity of Earth
Geodesy
Measurement
Physics

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