Re: Naming ordinals (directions/sides/faces) in the presence of 3D rotation? (nautical)

use nautical terms that are the same related to each other regardless of orientation/rotation

bow, the front of the boat

stern, the rear of the boat, opposite the bow

port(left) when facing from stern to bow

starboard(right) when facing from stern to bow

keel, the bottom of the boat

mast, the top of the boat ... not exactly right but close enough :)

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Re^2: Naming ordinals (directions/sides/faces) in the presence of 3D rotation? (nautical) by davies (Monsignor) on Apr 26, 2015 at 21:05 UTC
"Fore" and "Aft" are used on aircraft, too, and thus might be more familiar than "bow" and "stern". But I think this is excellent. You might name your rotation operators on the same basis - ISTR that spacecraft call them "yaw", "pitch" and "roll". I think it's the same at sea. Regards, John Davies	[reply]