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PC Software Download - INVERSE and FORWARD

INVERSE, FORWARD - Version 3.0
INVERS3D, FORWRD3D- Version 3.0

[November, 2012]

Description

Comprises four programs - INVERSE which computes the geodetic azimuth and distance between two points, given their geographic positions; FORWARD which computes the geographic position of a point, given the geodetic azimuth and distance from a point with known geographic position; and the three-dimensional versions of these programs, INVERS3D and FORWRD3D, which include the height component. These programs are based on the April, 1975 paper published in Survey Review by T. Vincenty.

An on-line interactive version is also available from the Geodetic Tool Kit.

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