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BigAls87Z28
12-26-2005, 12:37 PM
Ok, watching the History Channel and wanted to know if anyone knows the diffrence between Nautical miles vs Statute (regular) miles.
No, they are not the same. Why is one different then the other?
Squirrel
12-26-2005, 12:40 PM
nautical is longer...not sure by how much...ill edit in a few

"A unit of length used in sea and air navigation, based on the length of one minute of arc of a great circle, especially an international and U.S. unit equal to 1,852 meters (about 6,076 feet)"
BigAls87Z28
12-26-2005, 12:49 PM
can someone tell me why there is a need for 2 different "miles" ?
12secondv6
12-26-2005, 12:57 PM
They are spelled differently too! :)
12secondv6
12-26-2005, 01:00 PM
12. "Why is a nautical mile longer than a statute mile?"


Answer: A nautical mile is approximately 6076 feet vs. 5280 feet in a statute mile. A nautical mile actually represents one (1) minute of Latitude. Thus, one (1) degree of Latitude equals 60 nautical miles. For example: When you are at 40°10’ North Latitude, you are 2410 nautical miles north of the Equator.
Tsar
12-26-2005, 08:42 PM
can someone tell me why there is a need for 2 different "miles" ?
Perhaps one is for the sea and one is for the land/air? I know sea people use nautical miles. pilots use statue miles for flight plans and such. That would be my guess. and i dunno why theres a need for two...
NJSPEEDER
12-26-2005, 08:48 PM
because mapping in the open ocean is based on minutes and seconds of longitude and latitude. a mile that we drive becomes a little useless when you are using a globe as a map instead of maps.google.com :p
if you are going to use a system to scale a map you should use the same system to track movement upon it as well.
Tsar
12-26-2005, 08:49 PM
because mapping in the open ocean is based on minutes and seconds of longitude and latitude. a mile that we drive becomes a little useless when you are using a globe as a map instead of maps.google.com :p
if you are going to use a system to scale a map you should use the same system to track movement upon it as well.
we got mr. smarty pants here, huh? :p
NJSPEEDER
12-26-2005, 08:52 PM
all you gotta do is watch history channel, learning channel, and discovery channel instead of cartoons once in a while :D
Tsar
12-26-2005, 08:57 PM
all you gotta do is watch history channel, learning channel, and discovery channel instead of cartoons once in a while :D
i used to watch history channel alot, but i cant seem to find the other too...:shrug:
NJSPEEDER
12-26-2005, 09:01 PM
i used to watch history channel alot, but i cant seem to find the other TWO...:shrug:

you prolly don't get them on your tv cause god hates you. :p
Tsar
12-26-2005, 09:07 PM
you prolly don't get them on your tv cause god hates you. :p
alright mr. grammar teacher :p
Savage_Messiah
12-26-2005, 09:20 PM
you prolly don't get them on your tv cause god hates you. :p

:lol: I agree... I don't need to worry about god hating me tho since I have no soul and all :lol:
Squirrel
12-26-2005, 09:25 PM
:lol: I agree... I don't need to worry about god hating me tho since I have no soul and all :lol:
stewie: "But youre a dog, you have no soul"...that was rough
Tsar
12-26-2005, 10:28 PM
why does everyone say that god hates me?
formulaMARK
12-27-2005, 01:16 AM
its all the same **** to me lol