I am currently writing my Thesis and I need a book covering the geographical distance calculation like haversine and Vincenty. Since I am not of this field, I can't find books which might help me write. I am basically only interested in the calculations. I already have the original papers for the related stuff. But since I need some background and concept literature before I start with the calculation, I need a reference book.
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One place to start is the bibliography provided by the geographiclib of Charles Karney.
This starts at the begining with:
I. Newton, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (3rd edition, Roy. Soc., 1726), Book 3, Prop. 19, Prob. 3, pp. 412–416. https://books.google.com/books?id=0xYOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA412
English translation: Newton's Principia: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by A. Motte (Adee, New York, 1848), pp. 405–409. https://books.google.com/books?id=KaAIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA405
and goes through to:
G. Panou, The geodesic boundary value problem and its solution on a triaxial ellipsoid, J. Geodetic Science 3(3), 240–249 (2013). https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jogs-2013-0028
answered Nov 14, 2016 at 9:07
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Well thanks a lot. Although the list is quite comprehensive and useful, its a bit too much / too in-depth for what I want. I would like basic concepts to write about in terms of literature review. Nov 14, 2016 at 10:24
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Try geosphere: cloud.r-project.org/web/packages/geosphere/index.html refs in vignette– mdsumnerNov 14, 2016 at 12:05
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1For basic concepts, see the 2 volumes of lecture notes by Rapp (1991 + 1993). Links are given in the bibliography and repeated here kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/24333 kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/24409– cffkNov 14, 2016 at 13:21