Intrinsic geodesy

Phenomenological problems in geodesy are analyzed, applying Weyl proximity theory in a three-dimensional domain, in a collection of published papers from the period 1950-1981. Topics examined include the fundamentals of intrinsic geodesy, the structure of the gravity field and Laplace's equation, the application of intrinsic-geodesy principles to the normal reference field, mapping the actual gravity field onto the normal reference field, mapping between surfaces, propagation of light in continuous isotropic refracting media, and the motion of a free particle and a spherical pendulum in the microgravitational field of a gravitationally stabilized satellite in a circular orbit in a central field.