[Proj] Wikipedia ECEF entry

[Richard Greenwood]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Jay Hollingsworth
<jhollingsworth at houston.oilfield.slb.com> wrote:
> 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

Well geez, if we're picking nits, grammatically it's "parallel WITH"
and "perpendicular TO".

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