Subject: Re: double line bug & nautical miles
Date: Nov 24, 2001 @ 02:05
Author: orc@orcoast.com (orc@...)
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> Michael:in 1954 they were probably conceited enough to think they were splitting the atom but in 2001 all these 5 digits are given with real feasibility by the best gps receivers arent they m
> > received values continue to proliferate from exactly 6076 feet to well
> > beyond 6077 ft for it does now appear that the most prestigious
> > authorities agree only upon exactly 6076 feet & 1 tenth yes 6076point1
> > period tho many others still variegate crazily into 4 decimal places
>
> I can variegate better than that - it says here the US nautical mile
> was defined in 1954 as exactly 6076.11549ft.
> Here in the UK we rejoice under a nautical mile that is supposed to be
> equal to one minute of longitude at the equator: 6082.66ft. Out of a
> sense of reality, the Admiralty rounded this to one "Admiralty mile":
> 6080ft.
> Does anyone know why the US went for such unfeasibly submillimetric
> accuracy?