Input and reference-frame workflow

Observer site and horizon contract

Turn a place label into the geodetic inputs required for observer-dependent geometry.

Required inputs

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation

Coordinate datum

Horizon and atmosphere policy

Ordered execution

Work the protocol

  1. 1

    Geocode without discarding the original place evidence.

  2. 2

    Record signed coordinates and datum.

  3. 3

    Declare geocentric or topocentric origin.

  4. 4

    Apply elevation only where the method consumes it.

  5. 5

    Keep terrain and refraction limitations explicit.

Outputs

  • Observer contract
  • Origin declaration
  • Horizon limitations

Done only when

  • Coordinates round-trip exactly.
  • Origin is declared.
  • Observer-sensitive outputs cite this contract.

Fail closed

Refusal conditions

  • A city centroid is described as the event site.
  • Coordinate signs or datum are absent.
  • Local obstruction is inferred from ideal geometry.