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From: Eric Belcastro <eric@telltree.com>
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Subject: Re: Plot Nonorthogonal Coordinate Systems
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Matt: "Why couldn't you simply convert the data to Cartesian coordinates for the purpose of plotting?"

That is a very reasonable response - and the answer is that I can, and, in fact, the conversions are quite easy to make.  The reason that this isn't acceptable to me is that the entire existence of the coordinate system is allow for certain relationships to arise out of the representation, such that coordinates on the grid are represented by integers, and there transformations and corresponding eutrigonometric (eutrigon - triangle with 60 degrees, eutrigonometry utilizes the ratios of the sides of a 60 degree triangle instead of a right triangle, yes I just made the word up) relationships become self-evident in such a coordinate system.  When we are young we learn not to put triangle pegs in square holes. So I am looking for the triangle hole, the square hole will not suffice for my aims, it will only obscure, not clarify.