Hi Dark, No, the Cartesian system isn't used by military forces. It is primarily used by architects, programmers, or anyone else who needs to calculate angles. The bearing system is used by aircraft pilots, ships, and anyone else who needs to orient a direction based on polar north, south, east, and west directions. Obviously, when he decided to use Cartesian directions in Zero Sight he was thinking in terms of mathematical angles rather than translating that to polar north, south, east, and west compass directions that an average person would understand. In short, he was thinking more as a programmer than an end user of his game.
Cheers! On 12/20/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > I remember doing angles that way in maths, and it does indeed make more > sense, but I'm less convinced that it's used in military forces, I would've > thought they either just use either the usual eight cumpus directions, or > 360 degrees with zero for north. > > I'm getting used to it slowly though, it's just harder to remember where > northeast southwest etc are. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
