Map Control Panel Coords

[Teesa "Teesa" Fisher]

The map control panel shows coords backwards compared to the map and when hitting O. The map control panel shows E then S while the map shows N then E and "O" shows N then E

Also noticed the map control panel shows S but the others shows N

[dale "dalewj" ofj]

Wow Teesa.  I never thought of making such a nice map with folders and such.  nicely done.

[Teesa "Teesa" Fisher]

Thanks

[Jarod "Brickwit" McBrickerton]

It's the same for me. I meant to post this "bug" (really just an inconsistency) a couple of days ago but forgot.

In reality I prefer that the coordinates be displayed with E/W first (x coordinate) and N/S second (y coordinate) anyway.

[Teesa "Teesa" Fisher]

I don't have a preference really if it's E/W then N/S or visa versa as long as it's uniform across the board. I mentioned the map control panel being backwards because the other two are one way while the control panel is not. Generally easier to fix one thing than two, but depends on what that would entail.

[Jarod "Brickwit" McBrickerton]

Yeah it's probably a holdover from the days when the numbers were reversed compared to the N/S and E/W notation when pressing the 'o' key. They changed the numbers instead of the direction there but did not adjust the map marker coordinate labels. Since that's the last instance of it they'll probably make map marker coords match everything else instead of the other way around.

[Old "Snowy" Leopard]

In the UK we have a standard notation for Map References ... isn't there a worldwide standard?

[Jarod "Brickwit" McBrickerton]

According to Wikipedia's Latitude page, longitude and latitude (along with elevation) are the geographic coordinate system standard in ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 19111. But the closest it comes to saying which order to put the coordinates in is "the order of coordinates is identical to the order of the axes of the coordinate system." Since the coordinate system is x, y, z (east/west, north/south, and up/down) I'm thinking that the standard says longitude first, latitude second, and altitude third.

[AW "Dr.Butler" SSB Officer]

It should display everywhere as "lat, lon, alt" (according to the ISO 6709).
This will be fixed with the next update.

[Jarod "Brickwit" McBrickerton]

Interesting, I wonder why that one didn't show up in my search. Anyway that's the kind of standard I was looking for in the first place.

Glad to see it will be standardized. 8-)

[Teesa "Teesa" Fisher]

Thanks Dr. Butler