History of geodesy

History of geodesy - Scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth. Article “History of geodesy” in English Wikipedia has 94.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 181 references and 39 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “History of geodesy” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “History of geodesy”, its content was written by 183 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 218 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 111 times in English Wikipedia and cited 264 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #24632 in August 2020
• Global: #36733 in May 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #122498 in December 2015
• Global: #214535 in December 2015

There are 6 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) History of geodesy		94.4084
2	Spanish (es) Historia de la geodesia		70.9524
3	Romanian (ro) Istoria geodeziei		52.7915
4	Chinese (zh) 大地测量学史		22.5675
5	Greek (el) Αρχαιογεωδαισία		9.4465
6	Persian (fa) تاریخچه زمین‌سنجی		5.0869

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "History of geodesy" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) History of geodesy		660 166
2	Chinese (zh) 大地测量学史		14 323
3	Spanish (es) Historia de la geodesia		12 794
4	Greek (el) Αρχαιογεωδαισία		10 761
5	Romanian (ro) Istoria geodeziei		8 774
6	Persian (fa) تاریخچه زمین‌سنجی		2 605

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "History of geodesy" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) History of geodesy		3 693
2	Spanish (es) Historia de la geodesia		148
3	Chinese (zh) 大地测量学史		144
4	Romanian (ro) Istoria geodeziei		32
5	Greek (el) Αρχαιογεωδαισία		24
6	Persian (fa) تاریخچه زمین‌سنجی		12

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "History of geodesy" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) History of geodesy		183
2	Greek (el) Αρχαιογεωδαισία		9
3	Spanish (es) Historia de la geodesia		9
4	Romanian (ro) Istoria geodeziei		8
5	Chinese (zh) 大地测量学史		6
6	Persian (fa) تاریخچه زمین‌سنجی		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "History of geodesy" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) History of geodesy		3
2	Greek (el) Αρχαιογεωδαισία		0
3	Spanish (es) Historia de la geodesia		0
4	Persian (fa) تاریخچه زمین‌سنجی		0
5	Romanian (ro) Istoria geodeziei		0
6	Chinese (zh) 大地测量学史		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "History of geodesy" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) History of geodesy		111
2	Persian (fa) تاریخچه زمین‌سنجی		56
3	Greek (el) Αρχαιογεωδαισία		46
4	Chinese (zh) 大地测量学史		30
5	Spanish (es) Historia de la geodesia		18
6	Romanian (ro) Istoria geodeziei		3

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#	Language	Value
el	Greek Αρχαιογεωδαισία
en	English History of geodesy
es	Spanish Historia de la geodesia
fa	Persian تاریخچه زمین‌سنجی
ro	Romanian Istoria geodeziei
zh	Chinese 大地测量学史

Best Rank

English: #122498 12.2015

Global: #214535 12.2015

Best Rank

English: #24632 08.2020

Global: #36733 05.2003

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