Geodesist: WHO Measures Mountains?
The Earth never stops moving, but we can still measure mountains down to the millimeter. Meet geodesist John Galetzka from NOAA's National Geodetic Survey in the United States.
In this episode of JOBTASTIC, we meet John Galetzka, a geodesist at NOAA's National Geodetic Survey in the United States.
John helps us answer: “WHO Measures Mountains?” Follow along as we uncover the earth science and STEM secrets behind measuring the world:
- How they measure a mountain when the ground is always moving.
- Why his job takes him to some of the Earth’s most remote locations.
- What’s the world’s most expensive “ruler.”
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