[CF-metadata] Proposed Standard Names

From: Chris Webster <cjw>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:08:52 -0600

>>platform_heading needs clarification. If the platform is a ship,
>>heading can
>>either be interpreted as the direction towards which the bow is
>>pointing or the
>>direction towards which the ship is travelling (very different if
>>going backwards!).

In the aircraft world, platform_heading is the direction the vehicle is
pointed, true_heading is the direction of travel.

--Chris
Received on Wed Jul 27 2005 - 07:08:52 BST