[fitsbits] FIT Keyword data dictionaries

[Peter Bunclark]

On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Tom Kuiper wrote:

> ...
> I concur that the units should be decimal degrees.
> 
> I prefer an earlier suggestion by Steve Allen that the keyword be more specific
> as to the type of longitude and latitude:
> SITEGLON
> SITEGLAT
> SITEALON
> SITEALAT

The G & A are a good idea, but it does seem to me a shame to use up
all that bandwidth with the word SITE!  Also, a site is a large,
ill-defined area and for many purposes you want to be sure it refers to
the instrument; otherwise some software engineer will use the generic
site latitute and longitude for all telescopes on some site.
So perhaps something like GLONGITU etc.?

Pete.