--- [log in to unmask] wrote: > We have noticed that no one from the BK's* to us common folks seems to be > using the Delorme coordinates anymore. Since we were chastised for not using > them a couple of years ago, we were just wondering? Don't worry about chastised for not using Delorme coordinates. I was once chastised *for* using them. Just goes to prove you can't please everybody. There's nothing sacred about Delorme coordinates. They can be a handy tool for orienting the reader as you give directions, particularly to a rural part of the state. There are other ways of doing that, however, and the only important thing is that you make yourself understood. Since I don't usually read the mailing-list with a Delorme in my lap, I appreciate it when the location includes the county and a nearby town. I can quickly plug that information into Google or an online mapping program and get a good idea of where the place is. Happy birding, Paul Gardner Columbus, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]