Don't go calling me a Common Loon but ... Thats why I included the Common names AND the codes for some of the tougher ones. What is tough about SAND ? HARD is kind of tough because it doesn't go by the typical two word standard of 2 letters for each word. I already promised long ago that I would never post 4 letter codes by themselves. The 4-letter codes are easy output from my database and I once posted an entire days outing using only the codes. I think I can reserve the right to post them in addition to the common names. They may catch on with some folks. Please lets move on. J.B. > X-Authentication-Warning: ari.ari.net: majordom set sender to owner-mdosprey@ARI.Net using -f > X-Sender: robert@csa.com > Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 11:51:28 -0500 > To: mdosprey@ARI.Net > From: "Rob (Robert) Hilton" <robert@csa.com> > Subject: Re: [MDOsprey] Eastern Shore and other > Mime-Version: 1.0 > > At 11:04 AM 11/29/99 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > >"J.B. Churchill" wrote: > >> > >(wouldn't it be > >> much easier to type RUTU, PUSA, SAND, RBME, NOGA, HARD, HOGR, FOTE ... > sheesh). > > > >Yes it would, but it would be MUCH harder for your readers to > >understand. The 10 seconds you save would be more than wiped out by the > >many minutes it would take your readers to decipher it. Or many, like > >me, would skip over it entirely and not bother. > > You could say I'm burying my head in the SAND, but it is indeed HARD to > understand some of these four letter codes. > > Best, > > ROHI > robert@csa.com > Bethesda, MD ====================================================== ___ _________/ \_________ Home (304) 292-5072 /- - - - - O O - - - - -\ Work (304) 293-4832 \________'\_v_/`________/ ext. 4456 /_|_|_\ ^ ^ John B. Churchill, M.S. GIS Analyst West Virginia University Natural Resources Analysis Center __ ______ \___/ \__^_ [ ) o\ `__]____)'--'* ]_ ]_ Support Evolution, ... destroy a weakling ! http://www.nrac.wvu.edu/users/jbc/ ======================================================