coordinates

In drone warfare, the guy directing a drone to called in coordinates is not a very culpable combatant, no matter where you put him.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Clandestine Military Operations 2010

Some structures are unchanged regardless of your choice of coordinates (ie. the metric function & metric tensor), and some structures change with change in coordinates (ie. the matrix representation of a metric and the associated line element).

Bad Language: Metric vs Metric Tensor vs Matrix Form vs Line Element 2009

Some structures are unchanged regardless of your choice of coordinates (ie. the metric function & metric tensor), and some structures change with change in coordinates (ie. the matrix representation of a metric and the associated line element).

Bad Language: Metric vs Metric Tensor vs Matrix Form vs Line Element 2009

Transforming coordinates is a straightforward mathematical operation.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Does Hayek Belong in High School Economics Classes? 2010

That in this universe of relative movements and data to be differentiated things can manage to maintain the relative integrity of their matter-energy allotment * as is* from moment to moment, coordinates to coordinates is pretty impressive, even if it is mostly habit.

A Conundrum 2008

A UN post cannot be changed at a whim: all parties involved need to be notified of the new position to avoid being a target, and then hope the change in coordinates does not cause confusion in a war situation.

Think Progress » Rice abandons talks, shuttles back to the United States. 2006

Although the official data listing loss coordinates is located in Laos, about 25 miles southwest of the city of Attopeu, there is considerable doubt as to the exact location of the crash.

Kipina, Marshall F. 1966

Although the official data listing loss coordinates is located in Laos, about 25 miles southwest of the city of Attopeu, there is considerable doubt as to the exact location of the crash.

Nopp, Robert G. 1966

I extracted the mesh point coordinates from the plot output, appended the profile’s boundary points, and sorted in the y coordinate to obtain a list of points from which I could construct the Gherkin’s contour grid.

Wolfram Blog : Twisted Architecture 2009

I believe they can manually maneuver the shuttle craft but flying a starship isn’t much more than punching in coordinates and pulling the throttle.

EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Trek character creation screens 2009