Brij, we've gone through this before. There is *ALSO* no reason whatsoever to redefine the meter to a larger one as you propose.
The trick is to adopt a Universal altitude reference (UAR) (part of my UNS proposal) that would be roughly equivalent to a an altitude of ~531 m below current Sea Level. By doing this we would NOT need to redefine the meter *at all*. We'd use 400 grads to a full circle, 1 arc-angle (or 0.01 grad) would be precisely 1 km and all the rest would fall perfectly in line. Marcus On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:37:18 Brij Bhushan Vij wrote: >Han, sir: >>.....metric countries in that time, was metric: altitudes in >>meters, speeds in km/h and distances in km. No nautical miles were >>asked for before 1945. The only reason for keeping the nautical mile >>is tradition, the same thing..... >What for was Nautical Mile needed later and till now, its continued equation >to 1852 m? Unless scrapped, otherwise, I would like to suggest: Nautical >Kilometre to be *1/100th of ONE degree arc-angle* and define new Metre (m') >=1.11194886884 m. > >Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >20031017/00:07 AM(IST) >Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda. > *****The New Calendar Rhyme***** >Thirty days in July, September: >April, June, November, December; >All the rest have thirty-one; accepting February alone: >Which hath but twenty-nine, to be (in) fine; >Till leap year gives the whole week READY: >Is it not time to MODIFY or change to make it perennial, Oh Daddy! > >And make the calendar work with Leap Week Rule! >***** ***** ***** ***** > >>From: "Michael-O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [USMA:27199] Re: Lineal kilometres >>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:49:13 +0200 >> >>Han Maenen wrote: >> > There is no reason at all for a 'nautical mile' (and no nautical >> > kilometer either), the GPS system makes it possible to do away with >> > it and to use the kilometer for all measurements of distance. Before >> > World War Two aircraft navigation in Mainland Europe, Latin America >> > and all other metric countries in that time, was metric: altitudes in >> > meters, speeds in km/h and distances in km. No nautical miles were >> > asked for before 1945. The only reason for keeping the nautical mile >> > is tradition, the same thing that keeps the pint alive in Britain. >> > I wonder what would have happened if there had been no Hitler and no >> > world war with its upheavals following. I think this metrogical >> > disaster would never have happened. >> > The km^1 of the archives at least does not spill over into society, >> > the ifp used in aircraft navigation does! >> > >> > Han >> > >> >>absolutely right 110 % ACK! >> >>russia still uses meters and kilometers for aviation! >> >>bye >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >Buy now! Receive a gold coin on Dhan Teras. >http://server1.msn.co.in/features/general/dhanteras/index.asp Celebrate >prosperity! > > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
