By 1962 issue of BG papers on geoid started actively been published. Heiskanen was working at Ohio and started computing geoid using gravity data. Heiskanen "Reduction methods of gravity data and studied by the Colombus group". Molodenski et. al … [Continue reading]
BG 1955 – Precise Levelling
Posted on March 16, 2017 ·
BG issue of June 1955 was devoted to topics on precise levelling. Eleven papers there were written in English including "Statistical analysis of discrepancies in levelling with applications to the first-order levelling of the Nile data" by Wassef of … [Continue reading]
Bulletin Geodesique – resumed July 1946
Posted on March 15, 2017 ·
The publication of BG interrupted 1942 to 1946 due to war. The last issue was Dec 1924 and its resumed with new series - Vol 1 Issue 1, July 1946. Papers in French still dominated then. Heiskanen wrote a paper "On the geoid study of the … [Continue reading]
Bulletin Geodesique 1937 – Gravity and Geoid
Posted on March 15, 2017 ·
It is not easy to find geodesy paper written in English in the early publication of Bulletin Geodesique (1924 onwards). The papers all all in French (BG January 1924 - Dec 1942). In Bulletin Geodesique (Issue of July-Sep 1937) two papers in English … [Continue reading]
Another Book on Gauss
Posted on March 14, 2017 ·
Found another book on Carl Friedrich Gauss. The book was published in 1977 to commemorate the 200th birth anniversary of Gauss. This is the third book on Gauss in addition to the two books previously written (here). Gauss (1977) - - - - - … [Continue reading]
Mesyuarat GnG
Posted on March 13, 2017 ·
Ketua GnG megadakan satu mesyuarat bersama semua ahli. Mesyuarat yang bermula jam 2.30 petang turut dihadiri oleh seorang ahli baru dari Jabatan Fizik FS. Tujuan utama mesyuarat ialah untuk mengumpul maklumat aktiviti tahun 2017. Banyak perancangan … [Continue reading]
Proposal Writing Discussion
Posted on March 8, 2017 ·
A short meeting to discuss about proposal writing was held this afternoon. The proposal is supposedly to be present before the end of this term. The proposed topic - - - - - … [Continue reading]
Quiz 1 – Sghu4803
Posted on March 6, 2017 ·
Quiz 1 for Sghu4803 was held today starts at 2pm. The quiz is for 45 minutes and was attended by all eighteen students. The boys sitting for the quiz - - - - - … [Continue reading]
Coordinates Magazine
Posted on March 5, 2017 ·
The recent issue of Coordinates magazine received today. GNSS - Cadastre - Disaster Management - - - - - … [Continue reading]
Presiden IAG – Harald Schuh
Posted on March 4, 2017 ·
Presiden IAG bagi sesi 2015-2019 ialah Prof Dr Harald Schuh dari Germany. Schuh adalah Director of the GFZ Department of Geodesy. Schh memperoleh Ph.D dari University of Bonn pada tahn 1986 dengan tesis doktoral beliau ‘VLBI for the determination of … [Continue reading]
