This is a list of geodesists, people who made notable contributions to geodesy, whether or not geodesy was their primary field. These include historical figures who laid the foundations for the field of geodesy.
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Portrait of the mathematician and philosopher Carl Friedrich Gauss
Latitude and longitude graticule on an ellipsoid.svg
The definition of latitude (φ) and longitude (λ) on an ellipsoid of revolution (or spheroid). The gr...
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Stylised atom. Blue dots are electrons, red dots are protons and black dots are neutrons.
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"The Blue Marble" is a famous photograph of the Earth taken on December 7, 1972 by the crew of the A...