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From: jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Jordan Hayes)
Newsgroups: net.news.adm
Subject: Re: a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
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Date: Fri, 29-Aug-86 13:11:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 29 13:11:30 1986
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Summary: bandy strikes again

Brian Reid <reid@decwrl.UUCP> writes:

	The vast majority of the USENET map entries have
	latitude/longitude that is either missing or else in the wrong
	format.

	Here is the full set of #L fields from the map entries for all
	of the Bay Area sites (most of the sites don't even have a
	latitude and longitude entry).  Notice how many of the lines
	below are wrong:

	acacia	122 17 59 W / 37 32 57 N 
	altunv	122 44 W / 38 27 N 
	amd	37.2 N / 122 W 

	[ ... ]

	lll-bio	ground zero nuclear wasteland; who gives a fuck? 

This is classic_stuff!

/jordan

ps: I agree that this is a problem and should be cleared up. I also
    think that the maps in general could use a shakedown. Wouldn't it
    seem reasonable to reject map changes that are in the wrong format?
    Who is taking care of the bay area maps?