The numbers are bad! The numbers are bad!

[ebonlock]

I'm sure everyone's seen this already, but very interesting idea on what the numbers on Lost might be referring to.

Comments

GPS Coords

[h0h0.livejournal.com]

I don't watch Lost, but that combination of coordinates is a little naive (did I mention I haven't seen the show?).

Coordinates have positive and negative values and a number of different ways of displaying them (lat/lon, decimal degrees, etc.).

It would seem more plausible to me that the coordinates would be one of the four combinations (lat/lon format):
+/- 4.8.15 lat
+/- 16.23.42 lon

This completely ignores datum and ephemeris, but those generally don't have major impacts on the positioning and I wouldn't expect a TV producer to have the faintest idea of what they are/mean, anyway.