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Geocentric_vs_geodetic_latitude.svg‎ (SVG file, nominally 300 × 300 pixels, file size: 38 KB)

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Description	Geocentric vs geodetic latitude.svg Shows the difference between angles of latitude for a position on an oblate spheroid (such as the Earth) when using the geocentric (angle β) and geodetic (angle α) coordinate systems. The segment, IP, bisects the angle GPF, where points G and F are the foci of the elliptical cross-section of the spheroid, and is therefore normal to the ellipse at point P.
Date	14 February 2008(2008-02-14)
Source	Own work
Author	SharkD
Permission (Reusing this image)	See below.
Other versions	Image:Geocentric vs geodetic latitude with elevation.svg, Image:Circle of latitude elevation.svg

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	05:36, 6 August 2008		300×300 (38 KB)	SharkD (Talk \| contribs)	(text too dark)
	05:34, 6 August 2008		300×300 (38 KB)	SharkD (Talk \| contribs)	(removed accidental purple text)
	05:33, 6 August 2008		300×300 (38 KB)	SharkD (Talk \| contribs)	(Image is now more readable)
	04:41, 15 February 2008		500×500 (35 KB)	SharkD (Talk \| contribs)	(Switched to showing the same coordinate with different angles instead of the same angle with different coordinates.)
	04:32, 15 February 2008		500×500 (37 KB)	SharkD (Talk \| contribs)	(Try and get rid of background.)
	04:22, 15 February 2008		500×500 (38 KB)	SharkD (Talk \| contribs)	({{Information \|Description=Shows the difference between latitude coordinates on an oblate spheroid (such as the Earth) when using the geocentric and geodetic coordinate systems. \|Source=self-made \|Date=2008-02-14 \|Author= SharkD \|Permissio)