A Breather

Hold it! Time out for the moment. I digress from aviation thoughts to air a bone of contention, for years, no less, involving the true use of two widely-used phrases used in writing essays, artcles, blogs, etc., even in publications such as Time, U.S. News and World Report. This has been puzzling me for years!

As used by many writers today: 1. Point-of-view, meaning the physical location from which to view.
2.Viewpoint, meaning his or her thoughts on a subject.

Referring to an accepted text on good writing: Writing and Rewriting by Harry Shaw, Jr., the same phrases appear with opposite meaning: 1. Point of view, meaning his or her thoughts on a subject.
2. Viewpoint, meaning the physical location from which to view.
(which makes logical sense to me)

And I will add that Gustave Flaubert, who wrote Madame Bovary back in the 1850's, launching the true Novel, used the phrases correctly, as stated in Harry Shaw's Writing and Rewriting.

What is your view on this? Let's hear what you think!