I learned this at junior school and never forgot it..
Since the Earth is flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator, geodesy represents the shape of the earth with an oblate spheroid. The oblate spheroid, or oblate ellipsoid, is an ellipsoid of revolution obtained by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.
so eat **** ConT..lol
Laz n Alf's Astronomical Science googlers
They are both taking the P!SS, the world is Flat, I have seen pictures.......