My comment was about "most geographers".
Alan probably has in mind what was not
explicit -- that I am formally (or perhaps
was formerly) a geographer. However,
I am not necessarily typical of "most
geographers". Nevertheless, the answer is simple.
You use a name. For example, I can get to
NASA, Houston, TX -- with some help from my
friends -- without using any numbers whatsoever.
This is not a technique I recommend to NASA.
To get to Mars, for example, you should use numbers.
Nick
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FEIVESON, ALAN H. (AL) (JSC-SK) (NASA)
> Nick - So how do you refer to a point
>
> a) on the earth's surface (whatever "surface" means, since there is
> topography)?
> b) in the earth's interior
>
> without numbers?
Nick Cox
> This is not a problem. Most geographers
> do not worry about coordinates of any
> kind, being somewhat averse to numbers
> in any shape or form. Those that do are
> aware that the Earth is a oblate spheroid,
> and better treated in a non-Cartesian way.
Julia Gamas
> > XY coordinates may just be referring to the zone pair: So in
> > my case if zones 1
> > and 2 are neighbors then the XY="12" and "21" entries in the
> > table are 1. If
> > so it seems a bit "dangerous" to name it this because a
> > geographer will
> > interpret them as literally the XY coordinates on the globe,
> > making the whole thing confusing.
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