Talk:Spherical coordinate system

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Previous discussions pertaining to the old article have been archived to Talk:Spherical coordinate system/Archive. --Carl ^{(talk|contribs)} 01:25, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

This article itself states that the international recommended standard for spherical polars is r, ϑ, φ for distance, zenith, and azimuth. If this is so, why use the american convention for the rest of the article? Shouldn't we use the international convention on the basis of the international applicability of the article?

In the diagram, the "r" length isn't the "r" mentioned in the text right? It's confusing that it was labelled r.

Perhaps there should be different diagrams for the different coordinate systems. Unfortunately, someone has to draw them. Shinobu 10:15, 16 November 2006 (UTC)