An imaginary line of the shortest possible length, used in GEODESY, linking two points on the surface of the earth and allowing for its curvature. The term is also applied to any line of the shortest possible length linking two points on a curved...

The term applied to the surveying or mapping of the earth’s surface. It is undertaken on such a large scale as to necessitate making allowance for the earth’s curvature. See also: GEODETIC...

Geodesy (pronounced /dʒiːˈɒdɪsi/[1]), also called geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravity field, in a three-dimensional time varying...