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XYZ Conversion

[XYZ Diagram]
Cartesian Coordinates (XYZ) allow for Geodetic quality
three dimensional positioning on an earth centered
ellipsoid.

The utilities in this package provide methods for converting
between Geodetic Latitude-Longitude-Ellipsoid_ht and
XYZ on the GRS80 Ellipsoid.

For more information about the XYZ coordinates contact:
or The National Geodetic Survey Information Services Branch
phone: (301) 713-3242; Fax:(301) 713-4172 [Mon.-Fri., 7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST]
email

See the text version of an article about General Geodetic Computations that appeared in the Professional Surveyor magazine, September 2003 Volume 23, Number 9