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Old 26th Mar 2014, 12:35
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In the press briefing diagram giving Lat/Long coordinates, why do they publish them with Long first then Lat ?

Google Earth and Google Maps do the same thing. Its a geospatial convention.
GE takes either. In the example for the GE search box, Lat comes first. I've never heard of Longitude being given before Latitude, certainly not in aviation applications.
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