what do you mean by the geoid and oblate speriod
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Shapes of this kind are called oblate spheroids, which is a kind of ellipsoid. ... The geoid is the shape that the surface of the oceans would take under the influence of Earth's gravitation and rotation alone, in the absence of other influences such as winds and tides. It was defined by Gauss, in 1828.
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Geoid______________>>>>>> the geoid is the shape that the surface of the oceans would take under the influence of earth gravitation and rotation alone ,in the absence of other influences such as winds and tides
Oblate spheroid___________>>>>>>>
It is like a sphere squashed from the top so the diameter equator to equator
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