@Pure
	public static boolean getDirectionSymbolInPreferredStringRepresentation() {
		final Preferences prefs = Preferences.userNodeForPackage(GeodesicPosition.class);
		if (prefs != null) {
			return prefs.getBoolean("SYMBOL_IN_STRING_REPRESENTATION", DEFAULT_SYMBOL_IN_STRING_REPRESENTATION); //$NON-NLS-1$
		}
		return DEFAULT_SYMBOL_IN_STRING_REPRESENTATION;
	}
@ Pure public static boolean getDirectionSymbolInPreferredStringRepresentation ( ) { final Preferences prefs = Preferences . userNodeForPackage ( GeodesicPosition . class ) ; if ( prefs != null ) { return prefs . getBoolean ( "SYMBOL_IN_STRING_REPRESENTATION" , DEFAULT_SYMBOL_IN_STRING_REPRESENTATION ) ; } return DEFAULT_SYMBOL_IN_STRING_REPRESENTATION ; }
Replies if the direction symbol should be
output in the preferred string representation
of a geodesic position.

@return <code>true</code> if the direction symbol should be output,
<code>false</code> if the signs of the coordinates indicate the directions.
@see #setPreferredStringRepresentation(GeodesicPositionStringRepresentation, boolean)
@see #getPreferredStringRepresentation()
@see #toString()