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Subject: RE: [emergency-gis] Professional Surveyor Archives.htm
Sorry, I thought I was sending the article not the archives. The article I'm discussing from this archives is: "Observations on Positions: Good Intentions . . . Bad Idea" Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: David Danko [mailto:DDanko@esri.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 1:46 PM > To: 'EM GIS SC' > Subject: [emergency-gis] Professional Surveyor Archives.htm > > > <<Professional Surveyor Archives.htm>> > > Relative to the CAP standard's use of WGS 84 and the desire > of some to allow > any Coordinate Reference System (CRS). As you can see from > this article the > US DoD has learned to standardize with this CRS. > > I know in North America we don't have the transformation > weakness they have > in Afghanistan, but there is still no international standards for > transformation parameters (going from one Coordinate > Reference System to > another). > > I think it's best if CAP sticks with WGS 84, and if we add > the capability to > use others - it's optional and at the users risk. > > Dave >
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