+BigFurryMonster Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 Hi, It caught my attention that the Travel Bugs' trip distances always show up for me in Miles, even when my preference is set to 'Metric System'. Do others have the same problem? (I am of the opinion that everyone should switch to Metric, but let's leave that aside) Link to comment
+Divine Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 Do others have the same problem? Yes. Link to comment
Cholo Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Do others have the same problem? No. Link to comment
+The Jester Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Problem? What problem? As I work in miles it is not a problem for me. I can see where it could be for others. Link to comment
Prof. Y. Lupardi Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Not a big problem: I can recalculate it with my built-in brain. Conversion miles <--> km is not terrible difficult. But sometimes it is: when the TB crosses the Big Ocean and part of the tripdistance is counted in nautical miles. Lucky me: there are no nautical km's invented (yet?)! Link to comment
+Cornix Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Lucky me: there are no nautical km's invented (yet?)! The metric equivalent of a nautical mile is a 'centigon' and equals 1 km. Isn't it marvellous. Here's an interesting article on this topic: Navigation with metric units (pdf, 2.7 MB ). Cornix Link to comment
Prof. Y. Lupardi Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Thanks for the link. Did not think about the metric degrees called gons in this context. And the centigon correspondents to the km. I only once found a French map with gons for position (from the zero meridian of Paris). Surveyers here also use gons and I see the Leica TM5100A theodolite advertised with Angular measurement Standard deviation per ISO17123-3, 1 σ 1): 0.5“ (0.15 mgon) Link to comment
Jeremy Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 yes yes. It hasn't been added because I initially started storing logs in memory for the pages to render faster. I will need to undo this so the log entries will display in km instead of miles. I'll provide an alternative conspiracy theory that I am secretly promoting an agenda to convert the rest of the world back to imperial units. Muahahaha. Link to comment
+Divine Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 I'll provide an alternative conspiracy theory that I am secretly promoting an agenda to convert the rest of the world back to imperial units. Muahahaha. At last we'll all get implemented in the more sensible system! Can't wait! Thanks! Link to comment
Azaruk Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 (edited) Here's an interesting article on this topic: Navigation with metric units (pdf, 2.7 MB ). Check it out!!!! See why us metricated people are so quick!!!!! The value of the nautical mile is fixed by convention to be exactly equal to 1852 m, which is the mean value over the globe of the distance on the surface of the earth corresponding to one minute of arc of latitude. The knot is a speed defined as one nautical mile per hour, i.e. one knot is exactly equal to 1,852 km/h. And THAT, good people, is on water!!!! Wait till we apply our technology to land-based transportation!!!! Edited November 11, 2004 by Azaruk Link to comment
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