--- location.module.orig	2008-08-29 23:43:12.000000000 +1000
+++ location.module	2008-08-29 23:45:26.000000000 +1000
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@
       'simple' => t('GeoRSS-Simple'),
       'gml' => t('GeoRSS GML'),
     ),
-    '#default_value' => variable_get('location_rss_'. $type, 'w3c'), // @@@ Historical default.
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('location_rss_'. $type, 'simple'),
   );
   $form['location']['display'] = array(
     '#type' => 'fieldset',