english:glossary:ellipsoid
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Ellipsoid
The planet isn't a perfect sphere but presents a bumpy aspect with numerous irregularities. “To model this surface, a more regular geometric figure is used, the ellipsoid: it is a generally spherical volume showing a flatness to the pole and used as reference for the building of map projections.”
(sources Géoconfluences, Samuel Depraz)
See : Projection (System of)
: Difference between Geoid and Ellipsoid
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