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2012 geohashing calendar

I really like this picture of you so I nominated it for the 2012 calendar. If this is not okay for you, please just remove it from the Nomination Gallery! --HiroProtagonist 16:08, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Graticules, quadrangles, or something else?

I agree that 'graticule' is a little odd, since it refers to a fishing net -- so, the pattern all the latlong lines together make, not just one area bounded by them. But quadrangle is no good either, since that name implies a four-sided shape (by analogy to a triangle) but polar grats are three-sided. Sure, USGS calls the three-sides ones on other moons/planets (I think on Earth they stick to the U.S.) quadrangles anyway, but they are wrong in doing so. It may be a problem in search of a need, though, since 'graticule' has been firmly adopted. -Arlo James Barnes (N35, W105) (talk) 02:10, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

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 I really like [[:File:Geohash 2010-11-22 37 -122 marker.jpg| this picture]] of you so I nominated it for the [[2012 calendar]]. If this is not okay for you, please just remove it from the [[2012 calendar/November|Nomination Gallery]]! --[[User:HiroProtagonist|HiroProtagonist]] 16:08, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
+== Graticules, quadrangles, or something else? ==
+I agree that 'graticule' is a little odd, since it refers to a fishing net -- so, the pattern all the latlong lines together make, not just one area bounded by them. But quadrangle is no good either, since that name implies a four-sided shape (by analogy to a triangle) but polar grats are three-sided. Sure, USGS calls the three-sides ones on other moons/planets (I think on Earth they stick to the U.S.) quadrangles anyway, but they are wrong in doing so. It may be a problem in search of a need, though, since 'graticule' has been firmly adopted. [[User:Arlo James Barnes|-Arlo James Barnes (N35, W105)]] ([[User talk:Arlo James Barnes|talk]]) 02:10, 10 October 2018 (UTC)