From 0b8ca6637be94f7814cafa7d01ad4699672ff336 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Darrell Anderson Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:06:48 -0600 Subject: Beautify docbook files --- .../docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-geodetic.docbook | 39 +++++----------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) (limited to 'tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-geodetic.docbook') diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-geodetic.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-geodetic.docbook index 0419968435f..82a49753d3b 100644 --- a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-geodetic.docbook +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-geodetic.docbook @@ -1,45 +1,22 @@ -Geodetic Coordinates module -Tools -Astrocalculator -Geodetic Coordinates module +Geodetic Coordinates module +Tools +Astrocalculator +Geodetic Coordinates module -The Geodetic Coordinates calculator module +The Geodetic Coordinates calculator module - Geodetic Coordinates + Geodetic Coordinates -The normal geographic coordinate system assumes that the Earth is a perfect sphere. This is nearly true, so for most purposes geographic coordinates are fine. If very high precision is required, then we must take the true shape of the Earth into account. The Earth is an ellipsoid; the distance around the equator is about 0.3% longer than a Great Circle that passes through the poles. The Geodetic Coordinate system takes this ellipsoidal shape into account, and expresses the position on the Earth's surface in Cartesian coordinates (X, Y, and Z). -To use the module, first select which coordinates you will use as input in the Input Selection section. Then, fill in the input coordinates in either the Cartesian Coordinates section or the Geographic Coordinates section. When you press the Compute button, the corresponding coordinates will be filled in. +The normal geographic coordinate system assumes that the Earth is a perfect sphere. This is nearly true, so for most purposes geographic coordinates are fine. If very high precision is required, then we must take the true shape of the Earth into account. The Earth is an ellipsoid; the distance around the equator is about 0.3% longer than a Great Circle that passes through the poles. The Geodetic Coordinate system takes this ellipsoidal shape into account, and expresses the position on the Earth's surface in Cartesian coordinates (X, Y, and Z). +To use the module, first select which coordinates you will use as input in the Input Selection section. Then, fill in the input coordinates in either the Cartesian Coordinates section or the Geographic Coordinates section. When you press the Compute button, the corresponding coordinates will be filled in. -- cgit v1.2.1