@ Sailor Steve: ...and now it´s a very embarrassing moment for me - I still thought that it meant how deep they were:oops: Well, strangely enough the German title of Jules Verne´s novel is "20.000 Meilen (miles) unter dem Meer (under the sea) which is highly ambigious. I thought Jules Verne believed one could go that deep since he couldn´t have known that the deepest part of the sea is "only" about 14 km (which is less than 8 miles approx.)

You live, you learn....

I've always prefered the Imperial system when using depth control in sims like Sub Command or Dangerous Waters. The foot is a smaller degree of measurement than the meter, and, as such, allows for greater prescision in depth, and more importantly, sounding.

Thanks a lot, England! :p

WOW!
 

WOW! You learn something new every day. While looking in The American Practical Navigator for info for the 8km vs 16km thread, I found that nautical miles are actually METRIC!:rotfl:

I always thought of a nautical mile as being 6080 feet, versus a statute (land) mile of 5280 feet. Turns out a nautical mile is actually kinda sorta 6076.11549 feet. It seems that way back in 1929 the International Hydrographic Bureau standardized the International Nautical Mile at exactly 1852 meters! And the United States officially standardized the yard at 0.9144 meters in 1959.

Who'd a thunk it?!

You won't believe it but it was done and I even found a pic to prove I'm right.:D Sorry for the bad quality, I had to scan it.:shifty:

Here it is:

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1488/pic0001aen6.jpg

I dont think the smaller degree should make a difference, since they could use a decimal point ie 1.2m 1.3m...but they usually dont allow for it.

I dont usually find myself craving for a more acurate depth than Surfaced, Persicope, or DIVE DIVE DIVE !!!!

Did all of you miss this post from a SH 4 Dev ????

You CAN count on "Imperial System Measure".

Also no one answered his leading question as I'd also like to see an answer.


btw his post was #15 of this thread.

On the contrary, I have been frusturated numerous times in SH3 and DW when using meters to correct for sea state at PD. I can remember repeatedly wishing that I had my 'feet' back, so that I could adjust fractionally.

Put an end to all this foolishment
 

If God had wanted meters to be used, He wouldn't have given everyone two feet.

As an atheist I have to use the metric system then.:p:lol:

Does that mean you have 3.2808 feet? Cool!:cool:

Yes, I've got an extra foot just for the case that one gets stuck when I kick @ss!:p:lol:

But those aren't exact which is why imperial was, and is, such a pain to use. Luckily I can use both quite easily.

The US Army, yes (and they have been since WW2, I think), but the Navy and us flyboys are still quire happy with knots and feet, thank you very much . . .

I for one hope we never change because (a) just because France and Germany do something does not mean its better or that we have to do it either; and (b) all of our history is in miles and feet (if that makes any sense), so that if we were to switch future generations would have even more trouble appreciating our past than they do now.

Its not an issue of which system is "right" or "convienient", its an issue of which system was historically used. If one insists on a hight degree of realism in this sim, then its obvious which system to use.