That's a more useful distinction
I can easily that imagine the usage is not consistent, with different places having their own convention, depending on what they judge most "useful". And since the labels N/S/E/W bear no relation at all to what they are trying to communicate, I look forward to an ON CALL, or WHO ME, relating some disaster and/or near miss involving just such a confusion. Not that the protagonist would look forward to it, but then they don't know yet, do they?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
