dankelley/oce — Issue #185: function args: lat then lon, or lon then lat?
Author: dankelley
Created: 2011-12-11 14:19:57+00:00
State: open

Until a few days ago, all ``oce`` functions provided latitude, followed by longitude. Then, it was suggested that the ``center`` argument to e.g. ``plot.coastline()`` should have lon followed by lat, and a change was made. But now it's clear that consistency will require changes to functions, such as ``as.coastline()`` and ``geodDist()``, so consistency may cause fairly large ripples throughout user code.

Now is time to make a decision on this, and the point of this issue is to invite comment, on this matter, perhaps on historical, logical, practical, or other bases.