Defunct first-party. 1  Aces Studio â Microsoft Flight Simulator series. 2  Digital Anvil â Brute Force, Freelancer. 3  Ensemble Studios â Age of Empires series, Halo Wars. 4  FASA Studio â MechWarrior series, Shadowrun. 5  Hired Gun â Halo 2 for Windows Vista. 6  Lionhead Studios â Fable series, Black & White series.
The term meridiangenerally refers to any line that runs pole to pole, on the surface of a sphere. Figure 2a (left): The Earth's coordinate system, latitude and longitude. The central axis runs through the North and South poles. Figure 2b (right): The pole-to-pole lines along the surface are lines of longitude.
Geodetic Coordinates. the geographical latitude and longitude of a point on the earthâs surface, determined by means of geodetic measurement of the distance (mainly by the method of triangulation) and the bearing (azimuth) from several other points whose geographic coordinates are known.eodetic coordinates are calculated on the surface of a reference ellipsoid, which is a characterization of the shape and dimensions of the earth.