Basic GIS coordinates / Jan van Sickle. - Van Sickle, Jan. (Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2004)
Ch. 1. Foundation of a coordinate system -- Datums to the rescue -- Latitude and longitude -- Directions -- Polar coordinates -- Ch. 2. Building a coordinate system -- Legacy geodetic surveying -- Ellipsoids -- Datum realization -- Coordinate transformation -- Ch. 3. Heights -- Two techniques -- Evolution of a vertical datum -- The GEOID -- Dynamic heights -- Ch. 4. Two-coordinate systems -- State plane coordinates -- UTM coordinates -- Ch. 5. The rectangular system -- Public lands -- System principles.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165) and index.
Keywords: Grids (Cartography) -- Data processing; Geographic information systems