Exercise 6: Surveying: Elevation Correction due to Earth's Curvature using Taylor Polynomials

In this video I derive the elevation correction required when surveying long distances across a highway due to Earth's curvature, and also derive a Taylor polynomial approximation for the correction. For an 100 km long highway, the Taylor polynomial is accurate to within an amazing 0.00808 mm! https://youtu.be/T0nNsO_qA84

MES Earth Curvature calculator: https://mes.fm/earth-curvature-calculator/

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