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Re:Why Nukemap Isn't on Google Maps Anymore by alexhutcheson on Friday December 13, 2019 @01:19PM (#21783966)
The semantics aren't exactly meant to be "% of land area", but they do represent a rough coordinate system[1], from (5, 8) in the SW corner of the contiguous US (San Diego) up to (95, 90) in Boston.

Interestingly, US highways follow the opposite system[2], going from (1, 2) in the NE corner of the country (Maine) to (former) (101, 80) in San Diego.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System#Numb...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Numbered_Highway...

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Re:Why Nukemap Isn't on Google Maps Anymore by jimktrains2 on Friday December 13, 2019 @01:43PM (#21784177)
Those us routes came first and the interstates are purposely numbered backwards of it to avoid confusion.
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Re:Why Nukemap Isn't on Google Maps Anymore by lotsofpulp on Friday December 13, 2019 @01:25PM (#21784011)
Numbering from west to East and south to north and using evens and odds to mean East-west and north-south makes sense.

But that doesn’t imply anything about proportion of country, however the measurement is defined.

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