I suggested in the ESIP Federation CF-Satellite discussion yesterday
(July 14, 2011) that the names "line" and "sample" could be good
candidates for the names of the geometrical dimensions of swath data
variables. I think that these are more generic than previous
suggestions, and accommodate a wider range of data acquisition schemes.
There can be sensors out there for which even these names are
"incorrect", but the vast majority of the data is produced as a raster
of some sort. This is common terminology in many other arenas
(photogrammetry, for example).
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Jim Biard
Government Contractor, STG Inc.
Remote Sensing and Applications Division (RSAD)
National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
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