The Struve Geodetic Arc: the development of the triangulation, technical possibilities, and the initiation of the project

• Published in: History of Geo- and Space Sciences
• Main Author: R. Puziene
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: Science; Q; Geology; QE1-996.5; Dynamic and structural geology; QE500-639.5; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Struve
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-269-2019; https://doaj.org/article/06287171c1c546b398c33cc1cd67a08a

The determination of parameters of the Earth's ellipsoid is quite a difficult task that gives no rest to scientists to this day. One of the more famous works is the Struve Geodetic Arc, which was stretched from the Black Sea to the Arctic Ocean by employing the method of a triangulation network...