''geodaisia'' literally division earth primarily concerned positioning within temporally varying gravitational field geodesy german speaking world divided higher geodesy ''erdmessung'' ''h geod sie'' concerned measuring earth global scale practical geodesy engineering geodesy ''ingenieurgeod sie'' concerned measuring specific parts regions earth includes surveying geodetic operations also applied astronomical bodies solar system also science measuring understanding earth 's geometric shape orientation space gravitational field large extent
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