ISO TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics

# ISO/TC 211 Geolexica

## Concept “direct geodetic problem <differential geometry, geodesy>”

Term ID

2160

source

ISO 19107:2019, (E), 3.39

eng

### geodesy>

problem that given a point on a surface and the direction and distance from that point to a second point along a geodesic, determines that second point

Note to entry: This "problem" defines a mapping from the vector space at a point (each vector given by a direction and a length) to points of the Figure of Earth that satisfy the problem for that direction and distance. For example, if we fix the distance "r" and take all directions, the resultant geometry is the circle centred at the original point of radius "r". This document will make heavy use of this mapping; see exponential map and the second geodetic problem.

ORIGIN: ISO/TC 211 Glossary of Terms - English (last updated: 2020-06-02)

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• status: valid
• date accepted: 2019-12-02

Review

last review performed:
(2019-12-02)
status:
final
decision:
accepted
decision event:
Normal ISO processing
notes:
Publication of document ISO 19107:2019(E)