a few more heliocentric coordinate systems

From: Elizabeth Auden <eca-at-mssl.ucl.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:57:53 +0100 (BST)


Hi again,

Chris Perry has brought to my attention some additional heliocentric coordinate systems that should also be included in a solar metadata extension to VODataService:

(From
http://www.space-plasma.qmw.ac.uk/heliocoords/systems2art/node8.html):

  1. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/Spherical
  2. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/Cartesian
  3. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/GeocentricEquatorialInertial
  4. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/Geographic
  5. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/Geodetic
  6. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/Geomagnetic
  7. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/GeocentricSolarEcliptic
  8. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/GeocentricSolarEquatorial
  9. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/GeocentricSolarMagnetospheric
  10. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/SolarMagnetic
  11. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/Heliographic
  12. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/SolarRotations
  13. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/HeliocentricEarthEcliptic
  14. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/HeliocentricEartEquatorial
  15. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/HeliocentricInertial
  16. /Coverage/Spatial/CoordFrameType/HeliocentricOfDate

Please let me know if you can advise other solar / STP coordinate systems that should be included in a schema extension.

cheers,
Elizabeth Received on 2004-06-16Z17:58:20