Comments on: DPRK targets South media, but coordinates are wrong

By: N. Korea blasts Brisbane newspaper

N. Korea blasts Brisbane newspaper — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:41:46 +0000

[…] all fun and games until the KCNA starts reading your artillery coordinates out. Given North Korea’s command of Google Maps, I’d be very concerned right now if I lived in New […]

By: North Korea to attack South Korean Media | 동북아경 (N.E.A.T.)

North Korea to attack South Korean Media | 동북아경 (N.E.A.T.) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 06:37:51 +0000

[…] they gave out the wrong coordinates: North Korea issued one of its most direct threats yet on South Korean media outlets on Monday. […]

By: Bob Blumenfeld

Bob Blumenfeld — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:11:25 +0000

For an article explaining a technical gaffe, this is embarrassing: The maximum number of minutes and seconds is not 60, as mentioned in the article. It’s 59. The next minute or second rolls over to the next degree or minute, respectively, just like minutes and seconds do on a clock.

By: No Wonder We’re Within an Inch of War in North Korea | Con Games

No Wonder We’re Within an Inch of War in North Korea | Con Games — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:43:19 +0000

[…] Embarrassingly, The Wall Street Journal reports the coordinates listed above are just plain wrong. "As everyone who has finished third grade knows, the minute and second numbers shouldn’t exceed 60 when it comes to expressing geographic coordinates." writes Evan Ramstad. The inaccurate coordinates were first discovered by the Seoul newspaper Seoul Shinmun and Martyn Williams, a technology journalist on a fellowship at Stanford University, who explains the messup here. […]