On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:34:30 +1100 Mike Honeyman wrote:
“I’m getting as irritated by the ‘please tell me where it is’ messages as some people are by the lack details!If you have the internet it takes as long to type the name into googlemaps or something similar as it does to send a message complaining to birding-aus.With the added bonus of getting an actual map or satellite image, which is much more descriptive than words or GPS references on here. And whilst there may be odd time there is still confusion I would wager that nine times out of ten you get the right spot. There is certainly only one Croker Island in Australia showing on googlemaps.”
It actually takes less time to insert “NT” or “Northern Territory” (for example) in the original posting. Incidentally, the original posting on this particular thread (“Crocker Island Birds”) contained a reference to “Palm Bay”. A Google search on that name finds a “Palm Bay” in Melbourne, Australia, and a “Palm Bay” in Florida, USA. It could be said that, as there are no crocodiles in Florida (apart, perhaps, in some zoo), it should be obvious that the report did not refer to Florida. But, as the Google search did not bring up a reference to a place in the Northern Territory, perhaps the “Palm Bay” in Melbourne is the place being referred to.
My personal solution to preventing irritation when it is not clear to where the report refers is to simply disregard the posting and go onto something more revealing. I spend enough time at the computer without wasting that time trying to work out to where a certain posting may refer.
Incidentally, again, I find it much more irritating trying to read postings with missing words.
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