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authorGuillaume Lostis <g.lostis@kayrros.com>2019-11-12 17:32:00 +0100
committerEven Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>2019-11-12 17:38:46 +0100
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@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ There are however exceptions, especially when dealing with coordinate systems th
don't align with the cardinal directions of a compass. For example it is not
obvious which coordinate component aligns to which axis in a skewed coordinate
system with a 45 degrees angle against the north direction. Similarly, a geocentric
-cartesain coordinate system usually has the z-component aligned with the rotational
+cartesian coordinate system usually has the z-component aligned with the rotational
axis of the earth and hence the axis points towards north. Both cases are
incompatible with the convention of always having the x-component be the east/west
axis, the y-component the north/south axis and the z-component the up/down axis.