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Direct transformation from geocentric coordinates to geodetic coordinates

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 The transformation from geocentric coordinates to geodetic coordinates is usually carried out by iteration. A closed-form algebraic method is proposed, valid at any point on the globe and in space, including the poles, regardless of the value of the ellipsoid's eccentricity.

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  1. 1 allée du grand duc, 38240 Meylan, France e-mail: hugues.vermeille@wanadoo.fr, , , , , , FR

    H. Vermeille

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Received: 14 August 2000 / Accepted: 26 June 2002

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Vermeille, H. Direct transformation from geocentric coordinates to geodetic coordinates. Journal of Geodesy 76, 451–454 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-002-0273-6

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