Before revision: Conversion Given geodetic coordinates, one can compute the geocentric Cartesian coordinates of the point as follows: where and and are the equatorial radius (semi-major axis) and the polar radius (semi-minor axis), respectively.
After revision: Conversion Given geodetic coordinates, one can compute the geocentric Cartesian coordinates of the point as follows: where and are the equatorial radius (semi-major axis) and the polar radius (semi-minor axis), respectively.