[Proj] Terminology: what should I call 60 nautical miles?
ndzinn at comcast.net
ndzinn at comcast.net
Mon Apr 27 07:12:13 EST 2009
Sexaginta, Latin for sixty (as noun), or sexagimal (as ajective) might offer some possibilities. -Noel
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From: "Mikael Rittri" <Mikael.Rittri at carmenta.com>
To: proj at lists.maptools.org
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 6:12:18 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: [Proj] Terminology: what should I call 60 nautical miles?
Hello,
I would like a term for the length unit that is 60 nautical miles.
This length unit would approximate one degree of
arc distance, in the same way as one nautical mile
approximates one minute of arc distance.
I have thought of the phrase "degree of arc distance"
(which I think agrees, more or less, with how Snyder uses this phrase)
but some of my colleagues dislike it.
I have also thought of the phrase "exēntanautical mile",
from Greek "exēnta" = 60, but...
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Mikael Rittri
Carmenta AB
SWEDEN
www.carmenta.com
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