"Bendall,A EPO" wrote: > > I've heard of a way to remember Port & Starboard (for me). > > Starboard derives from a Scandinavian word for steering board. > Most people are right-handed, so tend to steer or row on the right side > of their bodies. > Imagine yourself rowing with one paddle. Which side is it on?
Either side. Grab one oar with your *right* hand and run it out the port side rowers face the stern), pull vigorously and you'll spin in circles deasil (as opposed to widdershins.) > Can anybody help me visualise (=remember) the difference between lat & long? Write down on a piece of paper: Longitude is X; Latitude is Y. Then put it in a locked box on your desk, and every morning take it out and read it while your co-workers watch. When you die one day, and they finally get to peek at your note, they will have a story to tell. Or you could just visualize stalactites sporting lines of longitude and stalagmites etched with latitudes. (boy, I'm lot's of help today, eh? ;-) -- - Bill Thoen ------------------------------------------------------------ GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.gisnet.com ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
