Re: [emergency] CAP-related Comments

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Eliot Christian <>
Date
2003-10-18T09:12:33+00:00
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Re: [emergency] CAP-related Comments
At 09:09 PM 10/15/2003 -0700, Rex Brooks wrote:
>[...] On the lat/long issue, I think punting at this point makes more 
>sense. Noting that referenced specs should be followed according to the 
>current practice pending comment on the candidate Committee Specification 
>should be sufficient.

There is no "issue" as the order of latitude and longitude coordinates.

As I pointed out in a note to the Messages SC on September 18, the CAP
specification includes the "WGS-84 Note" which clearly states:

  "A WGS-84 coordinate value is here represented as a comma-delimited
   latitude/longitude pair,"

Eliot