RE: RE: Coordinate Systems

D. Owen Rowley ([email protected])
Mon, 22 May 1995 23:57:08 -0700


At 05:21 PM 5/22/95 -0700, Mei-Chu Cheung wrote:

>> Stated as a consultant: You should formally adopt that Y is up,
>> and that XZ is the ground plane. This is really to support the
>> community of scientist, physicists, and other professionals that
>> have been modeling the world this way.
>
>Still it seems that the computer graphics people are being served rather
>than the scientist and physicist who are going to want to use this stuff
>when the power comes available. Many of the books and papers I have read
>by these types of people referring to advanced simulation and stuff have
>used a coordinate system with Z referring to elevation.

>> Personally: Can we build a filter?

it would have to be a context filter, and you would mean running everything
through it as a matter of course. adds permanent and significant overhead
to the process which **can** be avoided --if-- there **can** be a simple
agreement on which way is up.

LUX ./. owen
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