Geodesy in Japan: legends and highlights
Abstract Here, I review modern history of geodesy and geodynamics in Japan, highlighting a few episodes during the last two centuries. The review starts with the first measurement of the meridional arc length in Japan by Tadataka Ino (1745–1818) early in the nineteenth century, done as a part of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-03-01
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| Series: | Earth, Planets and Space |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-020-01164-8 |