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The pedant in me is curious if we would have to call it something different than geolocation. :)
by dweekly 2y ago
The pedant in me is curious if we would have to call it something different than geolocation. :)
- gostsamo 2y agobut the pedant in you has no issue that navigation is used outside of the sea? I've always been annoyed when I see words like moonquake or marsquake, like earthquake is used for the planet and not for the dearth under your feet. IMHO, creating neologism for the sake of neologism creates the burden to parse them instead of adding additional clarity.
- cgriswald 2y agoI’d like to point out a difference. Earthquake to marsquake is going from an inclusive term to a specific term of dubious utility. Geolocation on other worlds is a misnomer and could be replaced by a more inclusive term. I leave as an exercise to the reader the burden and value of any such change.
- dabluecaboose 2y agoThe industry term is PNT (Position, Navigation, Timing)