[CF-metadata] cartesian_x_coordinate

[Brian Eaton]

Hi Juerg,

We identify the cartesian axes used in projection mappings with the
standard names projection_x_coordinate and projection_y_coordinate.  These
names have associated units of meters.  Perhaps these names would suit your
purpose?

Brian


On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 02:11:16PM +0200, Schmidli Juerg wrote:
> > > Would it be possible to add something like
> > > cartesian_x_coordinate, cartesian_y_coordinate
> > > to the standard name list.
> > 
> > These are too unspecific - we should indicate what kind of coordinate they are.
> > What are their units? If they are in degrees, the existing standard_names
> > grid_latitude and grid_longitude might be appropriate. Jonathan
> 
> For instance, meters (m) or kilometers (km).
> 
> Juerg
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