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    A coordinate system uses numbers (coordinates) to uniquely determine the position of points or geometric elements relative to a reference point. It consists of reference points, a measurement style (linear or angular), and axes along which measurements are taken. Coordinate systems are used to describe positions, for applications like navigation, map projections, and engineering calculations. The main types are Cartesian, polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Cartesian coordinates specify each point by its perpendicular distances from two fixed lines (axes), while 3D Cartesian coordinates use three perpendicular axes.

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    A coordinate system uses numbers (coordinates) to uniquely determine the position of points or geometric elements relative to a reference point. It consists of reference points, a measurement style (linear or angular), and axes along which measurements are taken. Coordinate systems are used to describe positions, for applications like navigation, map projections, and engineering calculations. The main types are Cartesian, polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Cartesian coordinates specify each point by its perpendicular distances from two fixed lines (axes), while 3D Cartesian coordinates use three perpendicular axes.

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    Chapter – 2 Review of Coordinate System

    Coordinate System

    A coordinate system is a system that uses one or more numbers, or coordinates, to uniquely
    determine the position of the points or other geometric elements on a manifold. It is designed
    to establish position of point with respect to given reference point. The co-ordinate system
    consists of one or more reference points, the style of measurement (linear or angular) from
    those reference points, and the directions (or axes) in which those measurements will be
    taken.

    Use of Coordinate System

    Coordinate system is used to describe the position of a point in a space from a fixed reference
    point called origin. However in real life coordinate system has wide range of application.
    Some of them are:
     Describing position of any object: coordinate system is used to find the position of
    any object from its original place (called origin) to its present location.
     Location of Air Transport: We all have seen the aero-planes flying in the sky but
    might have not thought of how they actually reach the correct destination. Actually all
    these air traffic is managed and regulated by using coordinate geometry.
     Map Projections: It is technique to map any 3D curved object on a flat 2D surface.
    This is only possible with the help of coordinate system.
     The Global Positioning System (GPS): GPS is a space based satellite navigation
    system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions. In a
    GPS, the longitude and latitude of a place are its coordinates. The distance formula is
    used to find the distance between two places in a GPS.

    A good understanding of coordinate system can be very useful in solving problems in Applied
    Mechanics. A concept of coordinate system is directly applicable to find distances, slopes and
    other simple trigonometric calculations in engineering.

    Types of Coordinate System

    1. Cartesian or Rectangular Coordinate System


    2. Polar Coordinate System
    3. Cylindrical Coordinate System
    4. Spherical Coordinate System

    1. Cartesian or Rectangular coordinate system:

    Cartesian coordinate system in two dimensions


    A Cartesian coordinate system is a coordinate system that specifies each point uniquely in a
    plane by a set of numerical coordinates, which are the signed distances to the point from two
    fixed perpendicular oriented lines, measured in the same unit of length. Each reference line is
    called a coordinate axis or just axis (plural axes) of the system and the point where they meet
    is its origin, at ordered pair (0, 0). The coordinates can also be defined as the positions of the
    perpendicular projections of the point onto the two axes, expressed as signed distances from
    the origin.

    In 2D Cartesian coordinate system, horizontal axis is called x-axis or Abscissa and the
    vertical axis is called the y-axis or Ordinate. The two axes divide the plane into four areas
    called as quadrants that are numbered in counterclockwise direction.

    Cartesian coordinate system in three dimensions

    A Cartesian coordinate system for a three-dimensional space consists of an ordered triplet of


    lines (axes) that go through a common point (the origin), and are pair-wise perpendicular
    (any two of them being perpendicular); a single unit of length for all three axes; and an
    orientation for each axis. As in the two-dimensional case, each axis becomes a number line.
    The coordinates of any point P in space are obtained by drawing a line through P
    perpendicular to each coordinate axis, and reading the points where these lines meet the axes
    as three numbers of these number lines. The reverse construction determines the point P given
    its three coordinates.

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