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

Steve Allen sla at ucolick.org
Wed Oct 19 02:33:11 EDT 2011


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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