From: "Arnt Karlsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:36:13 -0500, > David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Frederic Bouvier writes: > > > > > from my understanding : > > > > > > 360 degres = 44000km > > > 1 degre = 122.22km > > > 1 minute = 2.037km > > > 1 second = 0.033km > > > > Let's keep it simple. 1 minute of latitude is one nautical mile -- > > that's its definition. > > ..another simple old revolutionary definition of the length unit > meter, is it _used_ to be 40 000 000 of them around this planet, > now SI count light waves. ;-)
You are right. I was just using the premises of the original poster (that is not quoted here) -Fred _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
