2009/11/24 Frederik Ramm <[email protected]>: > Maybe "~= 100km", but "== 60 nm". One nautical mile is exactly one minute of
Because they estimated the circumference to 36,000km, but it's over 40,000km > arc. Say again which system was naturally suited for all things geo? 1 nautical mile is exactly 1852m Actual circumference of the earth: 40,075.02 KM (equatorial) 40,007.86 KM (meridional) 40,041.47 KM (mean) 1.852*60*360 = 40003.2 Yet another close approximation. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
