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Re: Ecef
From: Michael Wescott
Date: 2001 Jul 25, 1:02 PM
From: Michael Wescott
Date: 2001 Jul 25, 1:02 PM
Herbert Prinzh (prinz@ATTGLOBAL.NET) said:
> Earth Centered Earth Fixed Cartesian coordinates.
> The origin is at the center of the earth. The positive z-axis goes
> through the N-pole. The positive x-axis goes through the equator and
> the Greenwich meridian. The y-axis completes the orthogonal system.
The positive y-axis goes in which direction. I would guess through
0 N 90 E (right handed coordinate system).
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Mike Wescott
Wescott_Mike@EMC.COM
