Azimuth is relative to true north.  The elevation component is relative
to the local horizon plane.

kb

Kaushik B. Patel
Adjacent Link LLC
On 08/29/2016 04:10 PM, Myers, Gerald L CTR USARMY ATEC (US) wrote:
> I have a vehicle's velocity as x,y,z in GCC Cartesian coordinates and need to 
> convert it to spherical (azimuth, elevation, magnitude) to put them in an 
> EMANE LocationEvent_Location_Velocity variable.  What is the spherical 
> reference frame?  IOW, is azimuth based on true North and elevation based on 
> the ellipsoid?
> 
> 
> 
> Gerry Myers
> Contractor, GeeksAndNerds, Inc.
> ECS/DTCC Lab
> US Army Redstone Test Center
> Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898
> (256)842-2028 (lab-general)
> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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