Originally Posted by Onetor
I wish the USA would go metric...
And yet, we navigate by nautical miles. 360 degrees in a circle, 60 minutes per degree and 60 seconds per minute. One second being 1 Nautical Mile.
Therefore, one degree of Lattitude is 60 Nautical Miles.
Conversely, one Nautical Mile is 1852 meters......
Which one makes more sense again????
I wish the USA would go metric...
And yet, we navigate by nautical miles. 360 degrees in a circle, 60 minutes per degree and 60 seconds per minute. One second being 1 Nautical Mile.
Therefore, one degree of Lattitude is 60 Nautical Miles.
Conversely, one Nautical Mile is 1852 meters......
Which one makes more sense again????