http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24140 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:04:02 GMT 2013-05-21T01:04:02Z http://hdl.handle.net/1811/51274 Geometric Reference Systems in Geodesy (2012 edition) Jekeli, Christopher This text covers all aspects of terrestrial and celestial coordinate reference systems and frames in geodesy, from historical geodetic datums to modern (current) national and international reference systems and the transformations between them. The exposition is divided into essentially two parts, the first devoted to the terrestrial reference systems, and the second to the celestial reference systems, where the focus of the latter is primarily on the transformation to the former. The geometry of the ellipsoid is covered in detail, as well as astronomic coordinates and astrogeodetic methods. The North American Datum is used to illustrate the evolution and the changing paradigms of geodetic control well into this century. The new reference system conventions recently (2003, 2010) adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) are included explicitly and contrasted with the old systems and realizations. Emphasis is on the definition and methodology of coordinate transformations and less on the deeper theory of the Earth dynamics that impose careful implementation for highest accuracy. The adjective, geometric, in the title of this text, also implies that no attempt is made to introduce the Earth's gravity field, which historically formed such an integral part of geodetic control. Therefore, the vertical datum (still important for many applications) is covered only briefly, relegating it to other more appropriate venues (such as a study of Earth's gravity field). The text concludes with a comprehensive discussion of time (the fourth dimension), which is also treated as a reference system. 2012 edition Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1811/51274 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Jekeli, Christopher http://hdl.handle.net/1811/38934 Collections of Ohio State University Geological Sciences Professor Robert Latimer Bates (1912-1994) An Index for Industrial Rocks & Minerals and Photoslides Utgard, Russell O.; Jacobson, Stephen R. This is an index to Dr. Bates's collections that are in the Orton Geology Museum at The Ohio State University Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1811/38934 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Utgard, Russell O. Jacobson, Stephen R. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24409 Geometric Geodesy part 2 Rapp, Richard H The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.; File Rapp_Geom_Geod_ Vol_II.pdf is replaced by File Rapp_Geom_Geod_ Vol_II_rev.pdf. Typos have been corrected on pages 50, 53, 54. Mon, 01 Mar 1993 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24409 1993-03-01T00:00:00Z Rapp, Richard H http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24333 Geometric Geodesy Part I Rapp, Richard H The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. Mon, 01 Apr 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24333 1991-04-01T00:00:00Z Rapp, Richard H http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24301 Geometric Reference Systems in Geodesy (2006 edition) Jekeli, Christopher This text covers all aspects of terrestrial and celestial coordinate reference systems and frames in geodesy, from historical geodetic datums to modern international reference systems and the transformations between them. The exposition is divided into two parts, terrestrial and the celestial reference systems, where the focus of the latter is primarily in the transformation to the former. The geometry of the ellipsoid is covered in detail, as well as astronomic coordinates and astrogeodetic methods. The new reference system conventions recently (2003) adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) are included, but are presented as a supplement to the classic transformation between the celestial and terrestrial systems. The adjective, geometric, in the title implies that no attempt is made to introduce the Earth’s gravity field, which historically (more so than today) formed such an integral part of geodetic control. Vertical control today is largely achieved geometrically with GPS, and therefore, the vertical datum (still important for many applications) is covered only in passing, relegating it to other more appropriate venues (such as a study of Earth’s gravity field). The text concludes with a comprehensive discussion of time (the fourth dimension), which is also treated as a reference system. 2006 edition Sat, 01 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24301 2006-07-01T00:00:00Z Jekeli, Christopher http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24227 Fossils: The Key to the Past, Morphology of Early Life – 500 Million Years Ago. Tai, Tong-Shu, ed.; Deng, Song, ed. An illustrated booklet to the Burgess Shale-type deposits in Guizhou, South China. The booklet contains up to date information about the history of discovery, faunal diversity and research progress on deposits of exceptional preservation from the Balang Formation (Lower Cambrian) and Kaili Formation (Lower to Middle Cambrian) in Guizhou Province. Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:10:33 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24227 2006-12-05T16:10:33Z Tai, Tong-Shu, ed. Deng, Song, ed.