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. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
