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#107: CF Data Model 1.7
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  Reporter:  markh           |      Owner:  cf-conventions@…
      Type:  task            |     Status:  new
  Priority:  medium          |  Milestone:
 Component:  cf-conventions  |    Version:
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Comment (by biard):

 Replying to [comment:72 davidhassell]:
 > Replying to [comment:71 biard]:
 >
 > Dear Jim,
 >
 > > X/Y coordinates and lat/lon coordinates are just two types of
 coordinates.  Both need to be georeferenced.  The grid_mapping doesn't
 describe a transform.  It declares the CRS that your coordinates are
 defined with reference to - both X/Y and lat/lon.  Formula_terms declares
 a transform - one that takes unitless values as input (along with other
 inputs) and outputs '''georeferenceable''' coordinate values.  Continuing
 to insist that the grid_mapping is a transform obfuscates what it is
 really needed for (which isn't what you first thought), leading to
 confusion.
 >
 > I'd just like to make sure that the language is not obfuscating things.
 Our new georeference construct is neither a transform nor a coordinate
 reference system. Neither phrase appears in its definition, by design. It
 is, as it states, merely something which can provide information needed to
 locate spatial dimension and auxiliary coordinates. It does not proscribe
 what that information has to be.
 >
 > > As for the headache, I have often found that when I model a system, if
 I lump elements together that should be separate it comes back to cause
 trouble later, forcing me to go back and refactor the model in order to
 move forward.  That's a headache.
 >
 > That is indeed sound advice, but in this case I have found that the
 georeference construct is practicable in the cf-python library that I work
 on.
 >
 > All the best,
 >
 > David
 David,

 The problem is, as far as I can see, the new georeference construct that
 you are proposing is creating an ad-hoc aggregation of two completely
 different constructs, one of which does have something to do with
 georeferencing, and one of which '''does not'''.

 Grace and peace,

 Jim
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