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Pisces · 02-11-11, 07:38 AM

The magic number is 120000 (120 thousand meters) per degree.

Eventhough you might use imperial units in the game, under the cover it uses a metric coordinate system. If you want to be a specific distance in nautical miles from a point you need to use 1852 meters per nautical mile. The '1 arcminute equals 1 nautical mile' rule doesn't hold in the SHx world.

EDIT: You gave the coordinates LONG=2918500.000000 and LAT=-1902000.000000. This puts you deep into the jungle of Zambia (Africa). How did you get your sub there?

02-11-11, 07:38 AM	#3
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	The magic number is 120000 (120 thousand meters) per degree. Eventhough you might use imperial units in the game, under the cover it uses a metric coordinate system. If you want to be a specific distance in nautical miles from a point you need to use 1852 meters per nautical mile. The '1 arcminute equals 1 nautical mile' rule doesn't hold in the SHx world. EDIT: You gave the coordinates LONG=2918500.000000 and LAT=-1902000.000000. This puts you deep into the jungle of Zambia (Africa). How did you get your sub there? __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads Last edited by Pisces; 02-11-11 at 08:32 AM.