Hi, John Smith wrote: > You should use metric it's easier since metric distances were based on > a rough approximation of the circumference of the earth ;) > > 1 degree of latitude and at the equator, 1 degree of longitude ~= > 100km
Maybe "~= 100km", but "== 60 nm". One nautical mile is exactly one minute of arc. Say again which system was naturally suited for all things geo? Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
