[Proj] Wikipedia ECEF entry

Jay Hollingsworth jhollingsworth at houston.oilfield.slb.com
Tue Feb 3 12:32:48 PST 2009


As long as people are asking about the term ECEF, I would like to fix 
the definition of ECEF on the Wikipedia page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECEF

but first I want to make sure I'm not wrong. Since every high-school 
student in the world relies on Wikipedia, it would be good for it to 
be close to right.

The definition says "The z-axis is defined as being parallel to the 
earth rotational axes, pointing towards north". Isn't it actually 
coincident with the rotational axis, rather than being parallel?

I just created a discussion page under the definition so the world at 
large could comment.



Jay Hollingsworth

Seabed Portfolio Manager and
Principal Data Architect
Schlumberger Information Solutions
phone: 713 513 8854 fax: 713 513 2093




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