[Proj] The world of ECEF aka geocentric coordinates

Gerald I. Evenden geraldi.evenden at gmail.com
Wed Feb 4 13:58:25 EST 2009


On Wednesday 04 February 2009 1:19:13 pm Karney, Charles wrote:
> > From: Clifford J Mugnier [cjmce at lsu.edu]
> > Date: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:51
> >
> > I find Wiki stuff garbage and worthless ...
>
> My overall take on Wikipedia is that it's a fabulous resource.
> Certainly there's some garbage in it.  However, I find that it's
> reasonably easy to spot this.  If you smell a rat, you can check the
> editing history; or it can be the starting point for checking other
> sources.
> --
> Charles Karney <ckarney at sarnoff.com>
> Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ 08543-5300

I second that and it is one of the first places I go to for information.  But 
depending upon what I am after, I often followup on additional sites.

At the moment, I have not figured out their editing operations.  I wanted to 
add to the comments about the z axis but gave up after it looked like I would 
have to spend an afternoon learning their system.   :-(

-- 
The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due
to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.
-- Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) British psychologist


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