I may just be getting old and cranky

I like it:

North is half-way between sun-up and sun-down

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Is clockwise the same direction downunder?

Yes:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/110190237/look-before-you-leak-snake-in-toilet-bites-austalian-womans-bottom

Remember when geodetic azimuth published by USC&GS were from south??ÿ

Posted by: Larry Scott

Remember when geodetic azimuth published by USC&GS were from south??ÿ

Sure do, ALL of NAD27 paper datasheets were that way. Worked at a firm in the early 80's that adopted that too, all of our computations were done in the same manner.

SHG

Posted by: Larry Scott

Remember when geodetic azimuth published by USC&GS were from south??ÿ

Yup, sure do!

I have hundreds of the "old" USC&GS paper "HORIZONTAL CONTROL DATA" sheets in 3-ring binders up on the shelf.

About the same number of "VERTICAL CONTROL DATA" sheets too.

Loyal