[fitswcs] FITS WCS Paper V: Time - Draft for Review

Arnold Rots arots at head.cfa.harvard.edu
Fri Dec 23 14:37:16 EST 2011


Included.

Steve Allen wrote:
> On Fri 2011-10-14T10:25:54 -0400, Arnold Rots hath writ:
> > Version 0.90 of the FITS WCS Paper V on Time is now available for review:
> 
> Section 4.2.4
> 
> "coordinates may have be used"
> wants to be
> "coordinates may have been used"
> 
> Section 4.2.2
> 
> I find it useful to include the language of relativity in the
> opening.  Something like
> 
> An observation is an event in space-time.
> The reference position specifies the values of spatial coordinates of
> the event of observation which are consistent with the value of the
> time coordinate; i.e, ...
> 
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