geodetic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

geodetic
    adj 1: of or relating to or determined by geodesy [syn:
           {geodetic}, {geodesic}, {geodesical}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Geodetic \Ge`o*det"ic\, Geodetical \Ge`o*det"ic*al\, a.
   Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the
   operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as,
   geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Geodetic line} or {Geodetic curve}, the shortest line that
      can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface
      of the earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that
      the osculating plane of the curve at every point shall
      contain the normal to the surface; the minimum line that
      can be drawn on any surface between any two points.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "geodetic":
      approximative, cartographic, chorographic, estimative, geodesic,
      geographic, geological, geophysical, hypsographic, locational,
      measuring, mensural, mensurational, mensurative, metric,
      navigational, numerative, oceanographic, physiographic, positional,
      quantitative, regional, situal, situational, topographic,
      valuational, valuative