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streetlamp post with cardinal directions
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this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2024
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But is the letter facing the direction, or are you looking in the direction if you're looking at the letter? So, is East behind the camera or in front of it?
The east is labelling the east side of the post like always.
"like always"???
You're saying it like it's obvious, but it's a fair question.
Show me an example of something like that being placed in the way described, then.
I think the original picture is enough evidence that it could easily be misinterpreted, regardless of any other circumstances. It's not immediately self-evident.
It is immediately self-evident though.
but that's not intuitive. when a compass says that the bearing is east, you are facing east. here, the onlooker is actually facing west when looking at east.
if the street pole had a bunch of arrows sticking out towards the cardinal points, what you're saying is obvious may truly have been obvious.
but in this arrangement, the question put forth is a fair one and does not deserve derision.
The base is the same as a compass face though.
The question might be fair but there is one obvious answer.