Über die Berechnung der geographischen Längen und Breiten aus geodätischen Vermessungen
arXiv:0908.1823 · doi:10.1002/asna.18260041601
Abstract
The solution of the geodesic problem for an oblate ellipsoid is developed in terms of series. Tables are provided to simplify the computation. [This is a transcription of F. W. Bessel, Astronomische Nachrichten 4(86), 241-254 (1825). The text follows the original; however the mathematical notation has been updated to conform to current conventions. Several errors have been corrected and the tables have been recomputed.]
arXiv comment11 pages, including 4 pages of tables. Versions 2 and 3 fixes some broken links. A facsimile of the original paper by F. W. Bessel is available at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1825AN......4..241B . This transcription is by Charles F. F. Karney and Rodney E. Deakin. An English translation of this paper is available at arXiv:0908.1824