What I was 'knocking' is the idea of adding the direction to another line when the direction you're scanning is already in the line right before that. I also don't see the point to scanning any less than your level allows, since if you only scan one direction at a time there isn't really spam. (unless of course you're one of those people who walks around all the time without room descriptions)

THE POINT of switching the normal ***Range 1*** with something
like ***NORTH: Range 1*** should be very obvious at this
point. But to clarify further, there are SEVERAL ranges that a person
can see when they scan...not just ONE. And again, it is stupid
to scan (and I'm quoting you) "one direction at a time", especially in
a PK situation where you might need to see your directions quickly.
Remember, the 'scan' command is CF's way of looking at a distance. In
real life this occurs almost instantaneously, so we can see what is
around us...in CF it often needs to be as quick as possible. Now, if
players could only see one range at a time, I'd understand
your gripe a little better...but three, four, and sometimes five ranges
per direction can really clutter things up.

Bizarro I'm helping!