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The Earth Isn't Flat, and It Isn't Round Either: Some Significant and Little Known Effects of the Earth's Ellipsoidal Shape
dc.contributor.authorBarmore, Frank E.
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-01T01:32:51Z
dc.date.available2008-07-01T01:32:51Z
dc.date.issued1993-06-21
dc.identifier.citationBarmore, Frank E. "The Earth Isn't Flat, and It Isn't Round Either: Some Significant and Little Known Effects of the Earth's Ellipsoidal Shape." Reprinted in Solstice: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics, Volume IV, Number 1. Ann Arbor: Institute of Mathematical Geography, 1993. Persistent URL (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/60196en_US
dc.identifier.issn1059-5325
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/60196
dc.description.abstractThe small difference between the shape of the earth and a sphere is usually thought to be negligible except for work of very high accuracy such as geodesy. This is not the case. There are some examples where this small difference in shape makes an easily apparent difference in what is observed. This paper will comment on three problems and evaluate the impact of the non-spherical shape of the Earth on the result: 1) the qibla problem of Islamic geography, 2) the center of area (geographic center) and 3) the center of population.en_US
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dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherReprinted by Institute of Mathematical Geographyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSolstice, Volume IV, Number 1en_US
dc.subjectEllipsoiden_US
dc.subjectEarthen_US
dc.titleThe Earth Isn't Flat, and It Isn't Round Either: Some Significant and Little Known Effects of the Earth's Ellipsoidal Shapeen_US
dc.title.alternativeReprinted from The Wisconsin Geographeren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelGeography and Maps
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciences
dc.contributor.affiliationotherAssociate Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosseen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arboren_US
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dc.owningcollnameMathematical Geography, Institute of (IMaGe)


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