Re: [boost] geodetic library

Subject: Re: [boost] geodetic library
From: Michael Fawcett (michael.fawcett_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-28 11:17:19

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:56 AM, DE<satan66613_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> on 28.08.2009 at 1:15
> Â Michael Fawcett wrote :
>> Do you have plans to support WGS84? Â What about Vincenty?
> any system that operates on ellipsoid can be suuported
> actually it is a PE-90 implementation (Parameters of the Earth 1990)
> however the parameters of ellipsoids of PE-90 andwgs-84 are equal
> +-tolerance
> in the end you can define your own constants (except pi)
>
> vincenty is another bessel derived method
> it is actually very ancient (and less accurate than mine)
> however i borrowed some ideas from there

Well, I'm certainly interested.  Can you prove yours is more accurate?

--Michael Fawcett