Jan. 3, 2000
4:15 p.m.
John Cowan wrote:
Niue, to take a simple example, is shown in my Rand McNally International Atlas surrounded by a rectangle extending from approximately 166.5 to 170.5 degrees West, and 17.5 to 23.5 degrees South.
Okay. And this bounding box is defined by an international convention? Or is it just RMcN's convention?
I think it's an international convention. That's based on something I read several years ago. I don't have any reference for it at this date. As I tried to state, my original posting on this topic was more than mere speculation, but less than authoritative. Gwillim Law