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Compute Geodesy Results Symbolically
Mathematica 7 allows you to do geodetic computations at any numerical precision, and in many cases also symbolically.
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Grid[{#, GeodesyData[{a, b}, #]} & /@ {"Eccentricity", "Flattening", 

   "MeanMassRadius", "MeanRadius", "MeridianQuadrant", 

   "SecondEccentricity", "VolumetricRadius"}, Frame -> All]
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