RE: [LegacyUG] Distance

Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:15:35 -0800

One minute of latitude is 1 nautical mile. Longitude depends upon your latitude. At the equator, it is the same. As you move away from the equator, one minute of longitude equals 1 nautical mile times the cos of the latitude angle.

I think the true measurement of a nautical mile is 1 minute of longititude at the equator.

Terry Foxcroft

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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 04:37:56 -0500

What is the distance (feet) between 2 seconds Longitude and the same for Latitude

Thanks...Jack

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