[Proj] The world of ECEF aka geocentric coordinates

[Hamish]

Clifford J Mugnier wrote:
> I personally find the Wiki stuff useless and misleading. 
> The proper reference is Bomford's Geodesy (Editions 1
> thru 4), and not the other trivia listed at the end.  The
> term ECEF is new-age baloney.  The Geocentric Coordinate
> System is the original and decades-old terminology
> recognized in the classical literature.  The notation used
> in the Wiki equations is just more gobbledygook, as Bomford
> established the proper (and world-wide recognized) notation
> about 50 years ago.  As if Wiki is entitled to ignore (?)
> the ellipsoid normal terminated by the semi-minor axis?  The
> term "spheroid" is further glaring evidence of
> classical geodetic ignorance.  That noun is only used with
> an ellipsoid that has a specific datum with an associated
> geoid.  Applicable to OSGB36 and WGS84, but certainly not to
> most classical datums found throughout the world.


If you find that a wiki is incorrect, please please please take the time
to fit it! That's the whole point of a wiki and the best way to stop
garbage being propagated. A few minutes spent there removing/fixing
mistakes and improving the "further reading" section could help avert
countless mop-up jobs and substandard softwares for hundreds of end-users.

debate & justifications can be listed on the entry's "Discussion" page.


humbly,
Hamish