Geodetic Coordinates: Computing Latitude and Longitude

In this video we show how to compute the geodetic latitude and terrestrial longitude if given the velocity north and east. This is useful for simulating a body moving over a spheroid Earth model.

Topics and timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
0:10 – Terrestrial longitude, geodetic latitude, geodetic altitude
9:09 – Meridian radius of curvature, prime vertical radius of curvature
19:55 – Computing time rate of change of latitude and longitude
27:25 – Simulink implementation

Lecture notes and code can be downloaded from https://github.com/clum/YouTube/tree/...

References:
Krakiwsky, Edward J., and Thomson, Donald B. “Geodetic Position Computations No. NB-DSE-TR-39.
Department of Surveying Engineering, University of New Brunswick, 1974. (https://www2.unb.ca/gge/Pubs/LN39.pdf)
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