Presently, the GPS is globally accepted as the best and most accurate positioning system and survey technique. Let us start reckoning the latitude and longitude in a global way.

In the new global reckoning way
a. Latitude is 0° at the South Pole, 90° at the Equator, and 180° at the North Pole.
b. Longitude is eastward from 0° to 360°East.

This global reckoning eliminates the need for “ N or S”, “E or W”, and/or “Negative/Minus (-) or Positive/Plus (+) in all our applications all over the world.

Example: Coordinates “065°/ 240°” and “145° / 240°” identify two positions in two hemispheres with no ambiguity and in a new unique way.

If we adopt this “simple” system, both for civil and military, it will be a truly global approach to use with the GPS surveying technique.