A couple of newbie questions
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:57:18 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
A nautical mile is also, precisely, 6,076.12 feet.
That's not precise--that's rounded to two decimals.
A nautical mile is, by definition, precisely 1,852 meters, as mentioned above.
That converts to 6,076.11549 feet (which still is not precise!).
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I look at it this way - if I can get within four feet of something, I
can holler at it. :)
Now THAT is practical navigation!
Joe Parsons
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