On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, John Cowan wrote:
>Padraic Brown scripsit:
>
>> It'd only be a matter of whether East is on the left or right
>> as you face the nearest polar regions. East and west are just
>> a matter of perspective.
>
>But north is by definition on your left (I hope) as you face
>east. It's east and west that are fundamental: north and
>south are derived from them.
It's just a matter of perspective.
>
>Or to take a space perspective rather than a surface one,
That's even worse, cos all common directions are meaningless
there.
>the north pole is the one which, as you look down upon it,
>you see counterclockwise rotation.
Depends on the planet, of course.
Padraic.
>John Cowan