Timeline for Is latitude / longitude a universal coordinate system?
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 17:19 | comment | added | John | @martinf I just meant that normally a one word difference like that, I would honestly personally let it be, unless it was going to cause major confusion as they seemed to think the precision vs accuracy was. I didn't mean significant issue as in major difference, I just mean if a one word error like that is going to be a major issue, propose changing the word rather than creating a whole new answer different by one word... making people sort through two very similar answers. Sorry for any confusion my initial comments may have caused. | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 3:11 | history | edited | Devdatta Tengshe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
updated to indicate what I mean by accuracy
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 2:08 | comment | added | Martin F | @user2856159: I think correcting a question/answer for small technical errors is OK, but changing significant technical issues is frowned upon. As it happens, i also disagree with DT's precision/accuracy issue. So i must comment here, or give my own answer... | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 21:35 | vote | accept | hawkeye | ||
| Mar 3, 2014 at 18:44 | history | edited | Devdatta Tengshe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 3, 2014 at 18:42 | comment | added | Devdatta Tengshe | @mkennedy, yes you are right. I should have used the word accuracy. | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 18:28 | comment | added | John | @mkennedy I agree as far as the technical terminology goes, but my assumption would be that is how precision was intended in the above answer. If you believe it is a significant issue that could cause confusion for others reading the answer, you should consider using the edit button to propose a correction to the answer that seems, otherwise, rather on target. | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 18:25 | comment | added | mkennedy | @user2856159, I would call that accuracy or distortion, not precision ( = number of significant digits). | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 18:20 | comment | added | John | @mkennedy the precision especially comes into play when you are dealing with projected coordinate systems. When you flatten out a predominantly spherical surface (the earth) onto a flat projected surface, you end up either having to stretch some spots and/or compress others to square it up. Different systems compress/stretch different places differently. A projected coordinate system for Mexico for example, probably wouldn't work well for Greenland as there could be all sorts of distortion. Therefore you would get greater precision if you used a localized projected system for Greenland... | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 17:00 | comment | added | mkennedy | I am struggling to figure out why precision has anything to do it... | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 15:47 | history | answered | Devdatta Tengshe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |