Talk:Geometric terms of location

This article was nominated for deletion on 25 March 2014 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep.

Article or glossary?

In its current state, the most useful information is the section "Examples", which is actually more like a glossary of location terms. If this is to remain a glossary, it might be best to move the article to a name such as Glossary of geometric terms of location. On the other hand, it might be possible to expand the article to a more encyclopedic discussion of the system of location described in the lead section. In that case the article should not be moved, but needs to be expanded. Cnilep (talk) 02:18, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think it would be more accurate to say the only real content is the "Examples" section, so yes it is a glossary. My motivation in doing an AfD was not that there is no content here that could be useful, but that it is not in an accessible form. The title could probably be improved, and I think the presentation must be in a graphical form -- I mean that this is all about three dimensions, and diagrams are what we need, not lists of words. Rather than being restricted to "Location", this should include directions, for example the axis of a rotation. So the triple for aircraft orientation should be here: pitch, roll, and yaw. I think also that the anatomical terms should be included - at least briefly, with a link to the full article. Imaginatorium (talk) 17:36, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

So more like "Glossary of direction and location", right? That seems reasonable. Anatomical terms of location describes as well as glosses terms, and it includes several images. Cnilep (talk) 01:46, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Questionable definitions

The definitions presented here come without any reference, and are questionable in at least two cases:

"Orthogonal – at right angles to a line, or more generally, on a different axis." -- the last statement is only true for orthogonal axes, however, axes can be non-orthogonal.

"Transverse – orthogonal to a specified direction, such as a particle trajectory or an axis of rotation." -- as seen in Transversal (geometry), transverse is better defined as "not parallel", and therefore includes non-orthogonal configurations (intersections at any angle).

These two entries were written by non-registered authors who therefore can't be asked to explain. I will therefore change these definitions as follows by June 1st, if there is no objection:

"Orthogonal - at a right angle at the point of intersection" "Transverse - intersecting at any angle, i.e. not parallel"

--Langenforth (talk) 16:01, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]