Ocean Cartography

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by Meshelic
I don't think the "Ocean" really helps us much, only because if someone was giving orders to ships to set sail for "the ocean" then that could have many many different meanings

On Earth, when we say to set sail for the Pacific is it more specific ?
Geographical names are needed when there are several features of the same kind, to avoid confusing one for an other; when there is only one, as it is the case, naming is superfluous from a practical point of view, but if the name is given for symbolic reasons, that is an entirely different matter ...

[Meshelic]

Originally posted by DAVOUT


On Earth, when we say to set sail for the Pacific is it more specific ?

No not really. but in naming oceans and seas and regarding them as seperate bodies of water it should allow orders to be easier when dealing with naval/troop movement.

Geographical names are needed when there are several features of the same kind, to avoid confusing one for an other; when there is only one, as it is the case, naming is superfluous from a practical point of view, but if the name is given for symbolic reasons, that is an entirely different matter ...

I'm going 'mostly symbolic' and 'probably practical' on that one.