Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-08-03 Thread Nan Galbraith
Thanks, Jim. change the definitions to avoid declaring which direction is positive, make the direction attribute optional, and say that users should be careful about assuming the directionality for variables lacking the attribute. This is the approach I'd prefer as well. - Nan Quoting

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-08-03 Thread Jim Biard
Nan, I didn't go to the lengths of making new regularized definitions before I wrote that list. I was thinking in terms of making the clockwise/anticlockwise call based on the right hand rule and the unit vector for each axis. For roll, for example, if the X unit vector faces forward, the "ri

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave (pitch, roll)

2018-08-03 Thread Nan Galbraith
Hi all - I'm still interested in using a single standard name each for pitch and roll, but not because I'm concerned about too many of standard names. There can be a case made for including pitch and roll without actually knowing the sign/direction. In some cases, these angle are only importan