and is the angle between the equatorial plane and a line through the point that is normal to the reference ellipsoid, the slightly-squashed sphere chosen to approximate the shape of the sea-level surface of the earth. This value differs from the geocentric latitude, except that both are 0 at the equator and both are 90 degrees at the pole.
似乎是说我们用的“地理纬度”,是以法线(a line through the point that is normal to the reference ellipsoid)来定义的。
赤道与极点外,法线都不过地心的。