On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Marco Fleckinger < [email protected]> wrote:
> > IMHO this should be part of a model. E.g. Altitudes are usually measured > in metres or feet, never in km or yards. Distances have the same SI base > unit but are measured also measured in km, depending of the use case. > No, altitudes are sometimes measured in km, at least once you get beyond the Earth's surface. >From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope: Orbit height 559 km (347 mi) >From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_Mons: Peak 21 km (69,000 ft) above datum
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