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Okay, now do space reference frames. https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/toolkit_docs/Tutorials/pdf/individual_docs/17_frames_and_coordinate_systems.pdf https:/
by bagels 6y ago
Okay, now do space reference frames.
https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/toolkit_docs/Tutorials/pdf/individual_docs/17_frames_and_coordinate_systems.pdf https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/toolkit_docs/Tutorials/pd...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth-centered_inertial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth-centered_inertial
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECEF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECEF
- cossatot 6y agoAnd then think about tectonic plate motions and that any point affixed to a continent is moving with regards to an ECEF coordinate system.
- Sharlin 6y agoUgh, I get flashbacks to one of my astronomy intro courses and having to memorize conversion formulas between horizontal (azimuth/altitude), equatorial (RA or hour angle/declination), and ecliptic (ecliptic long/lat) coordinate systems. Fun times.
- panzagl 6y agoNo kidding, this article is someone complaining about easy mode...
- accurrent 6y agoWhile in uni I once ended up having to chase an autonomous boat as it decided to head out too deep waters and do a hoky-poky dance because one guy wrote controls code in NED coordinate convention and another one issued commands in ENU convention.
- segfaultbuserr 6y agoWrite a blog post if you can. Chasing a boat on the water because the program used the wrong coordinate system - sounds like an amusing debugging story.