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Re: latitude-longitude vs latitude/longitude

Subject: Re: latitude-longitude vs latitude/longitude
From: Jan Henning <henning -at- r-l -dot- de>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:05:03 +0200


I'm working on documentation that requires many references to latitude and
longitude coordinates. Although in theory I could consistently refer to
"latitude and longitude coordinates", we refer to them often, plus orally
people say it with no "and". The dominant style around here is to attempt to
write what people say in the form "latitude/longitude coordinates".

How about referring to them the first time in any context as "latitude and longitude coordinates" and thereafter only as "coordinates" (assuming that there is no danger of confusion with any other kind of coordinate). It seems tiring to constantly have to read of either "latitude and longitude coordinates" or "latitude/longitude coordinates" - both versions are an eyeful, so to speak.

Regards
Jan Henning

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