I used "NM" in my career in the Navy and never saw it any other way,
except for the occasional "n. mi." or the spelled out version. There is
no international standard symbol for nautical mile that anyone on this
list could find.
Jim
Gregory Peterson wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I faxed a suggestion to the CIA World Fact Book {they don't have an email address
>for some strange reason..... >;) } asking them to change the unit "nm" use for
>nautical miles to something more appropriate since "nm" means "nanometres".
>
> Today I received a call from a Mr. Bob Frasier (he told me his family was originally
>from Nova Scotia and he's related to the all the Frasiers 'down-east'). He manages
>the World Fact Book and was willing to change "nm" to "NM" since the Navy and Defence
>Department also use this capitalized abbreviation. Good enough for me. He also
>invited any other comments that I may have on the site.
>
> He told me that they receive 460'000 hits per month to their site, mostly from
>American school children. Since this site is primarily metric I was pleased to hear
>this statistic.
>
> greg
> Saskatoon SK Canada
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