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Re: Nautical Miles to Lat/Lon Degrees [message #17040 is a reply to message #17032]

Thu, 09 September 1999 00:00

Struan Gray
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Registered: December 1995

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David Fanning, davidf@dfanning.com writes:

> Does anyone know off-hand the formula for converting nautical
> miles to degrees of latitude and longitude for a given
> latitude and longitude? Pointers to appropriate reference
> materials is also appreciated.

If I remember correctly, one nautical mile is defined as one
minute of latitude at the equator. My data book (Kaye and Laby
14th Ed.) says one n.m. equals 1.852 km.

Struan

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		Re: Nautical Miles to Lat/Lon Degrees By: thompson on Thu, 09 September 1999 00:00
		Re: Nautical Miles to Lat/Lon Degrees By: jph on Thu, 09 September 1999 00:00
		Re: Nautical Miles to Lat/Lon Degrees By: davidf on Thu, 09 September 1999 00:00
		Re: Nautical Miles to Lat/Lon Degrees By: Liam Gumley on Thu, 09 September 1999 00:00
		Re: Nautical Miles to Lat/Lon Degrees By: Struan Gray on Thu, 09 September 1999 00:00
		Re: Nautical Miles to Lat/Lon Degrees By: davidf on Thu, 09 September 1999 00:00

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