Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Thaddeus Vincenty (born Tadeusz Szpila; 27 October 1920 – 6 March 2002) was a Polish American geodesist who worked with the U.S. Air Force and later the National Geodetic Survey to adapt three-dimensional adjustment techniques to NAD 83.He is best known for Vincenty's formulae, a geodesic calculation technique published in 1975 and known for their accuracy—about one-half millimeter.Vincenty's studies were interrupted by World War II, and he eventually arrived in a displaced persons camp.. }
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- Thaddeus_Vincenty comment "Thaddeus Vincenty (born Tadeusz Szpila; 27 October 1920 – 6 March 2002) was a Polish American geodesist who worked with the U.S. Air Force and later the National Geodetic Survey to adapt three-dimensional adjustment techniques to NAD 83.He is best known for Vincenty's formulae, a geodesic calculation technique published in 1975 and known for their accuracy—about one-half millimeter.Vincenty's studies were interrupted by World War II, and he eventually arrived in a displaced persons camp.".