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diff --git a/docs/source/operations/transformations/molodensky.rst b/docs/source/operations/transformations/molodensky.rst index 347165c8..df0b00a2 100644 --- a/docs/source/operations/transformations/molodensky.rst +++ b/docs/source/operations/transformations/molodensky.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The Molodensky transformation resembles a :ref:`Helmert` with zero rotations and a scale of unity, but converts directly from geodetic coordinates to geodetic coordinates, without the intermediate shifts to and from cartesian geocentric coordinates, associated with the Helmert transformation. -The Molodensky transformation is simple to implement and to parameterize, requiring +The Molodensky transformation is simple to implement and to parametrize, requiring only the 3 shifts between the input and output frame, and the corresponding differences between the semimajor axes and flattening parameters of the reference ellipsoids. Due to its algorithmic simplicity, it was popular prior to the |