What is the correct definition of latitude of a position on the earth?
The circum ference of the earth is approximately:-
45° North and South
Geodetic latitude, also referred to as geografic Latitude, is determined by the angle between the normal of the oblatespheroid and the plane of the equator, whereas geocentric latitude is determined around the center.
Unless otherwies specified latitude is geodectic latitude.
THe maximum diference between Geocentric and geodetic latitudes occurs at 45° north and South.
The minimum difference occurs at the Equator and the poles, where thy are equal.
Which figure in The Appendix represents the geocentric latitude of position P, Which is situated above the surface of the ellipsoid?