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Title - Frame title   

Description:
This attribute holds a string which is used as a title in (e.g.) graphical output to describe the coordinate system which a Frame represents. Examples might be "Detector Coordinates" or "Galactic Coordinates".

If a Title value has not been set for a Frame, then a suitable default is supplied.

Type:
String.

Class Applicability:
Frame
The default supplied by the Frame class is "<n>-d coordinate system", where <n> is the number of Frame axes (Naxes attribute).
SkyFrame
The SkyFrame class re-defines the default Title value (e.g. to "FK5 equatorial coordinates, mean equinox J2000.0") as appropriate to the particular celestial coordinate system being represented.
CmpFrame
The CmpFrame class re-defines the default Title value to be "<n>-d compound coordinate system", where <n> is the number of CmpFrame axes (Naxes attribute).
FrameSet
The Title attribute of a FrameSet is the same as that of its current Frame (as specified by the Current attribute).

Notes:
  • A Frame's Title is intended purely for interpretation by human readers and not by software.



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AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 211
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
30th April 2003
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

Copyright (C) 2003 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils