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Bug 161096 - What is a NEXRAD and how should it be capitalised?
What is a NEXRAD and how should it be capitalised?
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-applets
Classification: Other
Component: gweather
git master
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-applets Maintainers
gnome-applets Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks: locations-love
 
 
Reported: 2004-12-12 17:36 UTC by Telsa Gwynne
Modified: 2005-01-15 15:42 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.9/2.10



Description Telsa Gwynne 2004-12-12 17:36:54 UTC
31 Somewhere Nexrads, one Nexrad on its own, and three
Something NEXRADs. 

Out of curiosity, what is a nexrad? :) 

More relevantly, should these not all be capitalised similarly
for consistency?
Comment 1 Telsa Gwynne 2004-12-12 17:38:48 UTC
Oh. Urr. In gnome-applets/po-locations/ list, from Locations.xml.in. Sorry.
Comment 2 Danielle Madeley 2004-12-12 18:14:13 UTC
NEXt generation RADAR is what I'm led to believe. I'm not sure on the
capitalisation myself. I think I was setting locations to be in sentance case.
What do you think it's appropriate?
Comment 3 Chris Hollenbeck 2005-01-11 14:34:38 UTC
I searched for 'nexrad' on NOAA's web site (noaa.gov) and all instances were
capitalized.  Looking at Weather Underground's help page
(http://www.wunderground.com/radar/help.asp) shows all capitalized.  The only
instance that I can see where they do change the case to 'Nexrad' is on their
'U.S Nexrad Stations' page (http://www.wunderground.com/radar/map.asp), but this
may have been done for title consistency.  If you look at the navigation bar on
the top of the page, it is 'NEXRAD' rather than 'Nexrad.'  I imagine NOAA would
want you to use 'NEXRAD' :)

As for what is NEXRAD, see (http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/stories/radar5.html).  It
looks like it can refer to the network of radars as well as an individual station.
Comment 4 Telsa Gwynne 2005-01-11 15:12:44 UTC
All caps? How ugly...  But yes, that sounds likely. It makes it plainer that it's
an acronym or something too. 

Thanks! I think it would be best at least to make them all the same capitalisation,
just for consistency. I think Nexrad is easier on the eyes, but I can see that
NEXRAD has arguments in favour too. Probably should be NEXRAD? 

PS I am learning more than I ever wanted to know about weather and geography
here! 

Comment 5 Danielle Madeley 2005-01-11 15:18:42 UTC
Telsa, you should be able to do a search and replace in vim (or your favourite
editor) to make them all the same. I think I did it inconstantly I think.

How are you going with this and the rest of your patches to update the database?
Comment 6 Telsa Gwynne 2005-01-15 15:42:32 UTC
Committed. 

I have made them all NEXRAD. I think Nexrad is nicer, but we can't
have anyone else going along thinking they're all a city :)