[Proj] The world of ECEF aka geocentric coordinates

Gerald I. Evenden geraldi.evenden at gmail.com
Sat Jan 31 06:59:02 PST 2009


On Saturday 31 January 2009 9:35:02 am Karney, Charles wrote:
> > I personally find the Wiki stuff useless and misleading.  The proper
	...
> On ECEF vs Geocentric: I welcome a return to original terminology
> instead of having a multitude of names for the same thing.  I have the
> Google version of Bomford (1952 edition).  Does he define "Geocentric
> Coordinate System"?  (I couldn't find it there.)  If not, is there
> another authoritative reference?

In the 3rd, 1971, edition see page 593 where geocentric is discussed.  The 
conversion of geocentric to geodetic is simply dismissed as an iterative 
process.

-- 
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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