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[[User:Jens|jens]] 07:52, 21 February 2012 (UTC) That is why I called them cardinal directions. We have got 4 main cardinal directions anmd some intermediate directions.
 
[[User:Jens|jens]] 07:52, 21 February 2012 (UTC) That is why I called them cardinal directions. We have got 4 main cardinal directions anmd some intermediate directions.
 
<br>Soutwest was defined as halfway beteen S and W, or did I got your message wrong?
 
<br>Soutwest was defined as halfway beteen S and W, or did I got your message wrong?
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[[User:Rmm|raphael]] 22:10, 21 February 2012 (UTC): Just a small joke...one of Capt. Marryat's more obscure stories.

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raphael 02:08, 21 February 2012 (UTC): Either compass point alone or compass point + degrees is fine. FYI, GML uses text abbreviations like "ESE", "NE".
Is Cardinal Point the proper name for something which also names the intermediate points?

(And we must not forget Southwest and by West three-quarters West.)

jens 07:52, 21 February 2012 (UTC) That is why I called them cardinal directions. We have got 4 main cardinal directions anmd some intermediate directions.
Soutwest was defined as halfway beteen S and W, or did I got your message wrong?

raphael 22:10, 21 February 2012 (UTC): Just a small joke...one of Capt. Marryat's more obscure stories.