{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dankelley/oce/issues/668","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dankelley/oce/issues/668/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dankelley/oce/issues/668/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dankelley/oce/issues/668/events","html_url":"https://github.com/dankelley/oce/issues/668","id":88982996,"number":668,"title":"Q: should a uniform longitude convention be employed?","user":{"login":"dankelley","id":99469,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/99469?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley","html_url":"https://github.com/dankelley","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dankelley/oce/labels/Development","name":"Development","color":"bfd4f2"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":{"login":"dankelley","id":99469,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/99469?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley","html_url":"https://github.com/dankelley","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dankelley/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2015-06-17T10:49:39Z","updated_at":"2015-08-21T13:40:10Z","closed_at":null,"body":"``data(coastlineWorld)`` has longitude from -180 to 180, but ``data(topoWorld)`` has it from 0 to 360. This has not been reported as an issue by users, but I do think it might confuse some people. My impression is that more people use coastlines than bathymetry, and so if there is to be a standard, it should perhaps be the one used for coastlines.\r\n\r\nTherefore, I propose to alter the topo dataset, and also to alter how ``read.topo()`` works, so that the longitude goes from 0 to 360.\r\n\r\nAny comments?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dankelley/oce/issues/comments/133427332","html_url":"https://github.com/dankelley/oce/issues/668#issuecomment-133427332","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dankelley/oce/issues/668","id":133427332,"user":{"login":"richardsc","id":233584,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/233584?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/richardsc","html_url":"https://github.com/richardsc","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/richardsc/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/richardsc/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/richardsc/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/richardsc/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/richardsc/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/richardsc/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/richardsc/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/richardsc/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/richardsc/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-08-21T13:40:10Z","updated_at":"2015-08-21T13:40:10Z","body":"This issue has gotten a bit stale, and I'm somewhat confused about what the above suggestions were proposing exactly, but I ran into this again yesterday and I'm of the opinion that the `topo` convention should match the `coastline` convention, i.e. have longitude go from -180 to 180. "}}