Wirt Atmar wrote:
>
> Nick writes:
>
> > The answer given for Alaska is only correct if you are attending
> >  in Greenwich and are counting longtitudes.
>
> Unfortunately, that's the definition of east and west, just as the equator is
> used to define north and south.
>
> Wirt Atmar

What?  These are directions, not places.  Rio is north of Buenos Aires
even
if it is south  of the equator.  If I wanted to reach Atlanta from here
(Baltimore) I would travel south.  If I wanted to reach ATTU I would
travel northwest not east.

Nick D.