Re: RotationRate name from Doug Turner on 2011-06-28 (public-geolocation@w3.org from June 2011)

From: Doug Turner <doug.turner@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:28:18 -0700
To: Steve Block <steveblock@google.com>
Cc: "Richard L. Barnes" <rbarnes@bbn.com>, Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com>, public-geolocation <public-geolocation@w3.org>
Message-ID: <BANLkTikeGX5-4qK56iEi01kOejv5sFTXtA@mail.gmail.com>

sounds good.

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 1:08 AM, Steve Block <steveblock@google.com> wrote:
>> shouldn't RotationRate be named AngularVelocity
> One reason for this choice of name is that an angular velocity is
> usually expressed as a cartesian vector describing the axis of
> rotation. What we have is not really a vector but a set of rates of
> change of the orientation angles.
>
> In any case, it sounds like we're happy to stick with the current name
> and units.
>
> Steve
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