> > | I am against east/west/north/south because there are a lot of > | ways/areas/things which do not go straight ahead. > > But they nearly all run nearer to one of those directions than they do > to any of the others. If you want to say that a North East road is one > way, you can call it North or East - there is no contradiction. Pick the > one it is closest to, or either if the road is really exactly at 45 > degrees. >
Umm... What happens if the road is not straight, but in fact winds around quite a bit? Then left and right are still unambiguous, but cardinal directions are definitely not. Karl
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