Why not do yourself a big favour and find a new set of charts strictly in SI and burn those. I wouldn't even use them to wipe by backside with.
Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "John S. Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2004-01-14 20:26 Subject: [USMA:28306] Re: Mars Rover > Hi John, > > My NOAA nautical charts for the U.S. are in fathoms and feet, with fathoms in > big numbers and the remaining feet written as a small subscript. In other > words, 33 feet would be written with a big 5 and a small 3. Above 11 fathoms > they drop the feet subscript. Distance scales are in nautical miles and > yards. > > Pilot charts published by the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency give: > temperature in degrees C > pressure in millibars > wind and current speeds in knots (nautical miles / hour) > distances in nautical miles > wave height information in FEET > > John > > On Wednesday 14 January 2004 16:05, john mercer wrote: > > Does anybody know if fathoms are still used for marine depth. I think in > > Canada some charts are in meters and others are in feet. I don't know if > > the fathom is used at all anymore. > >
