Imperial Miles or Nautical Miles?

[max-peck]

Originally Posted by Shadriss

For all nautical applications, including TLAM/TASM, Nm is the correct version to use. The US may use imperial, the rest of the world metric, but on the sea, we have apparently all agreed on something for once, and that is the nautical mile.

Oh yeah - I completely agree with you
All the ships on the seven seas have agreed on the Nautical Mile being the standard unit of measurement - and use knots as a common unit of measuring speed

As an aside - this makes total sense to me - 1nm equals one minute of latitude - that totally makes sense to me as a unit of measurement
Much more sense than a statute mile, which seems to be based upon furlongs
Or possibly Rods (A 14th Century Surveyors unit of measurement)
Or again possibly the distance a Roman Legion would cover in 1000 paces

(And if you want to know more about the development of our units of measurement, please Wiki it - it just gets more confusing the more you delve into it . But this is the kind of stuff I find really interesting)

What I am actually asking is if we actually know whether the game uses Statute Miles or Nautical Miles

The difference between the two is 26537 yards - so this could be very important
The difference between getting a mission success or a mission failure

[Shadriss]

Originally Posted by max-peck

What I am actually asking is if we actually know whether the game uses Statute Miles or Nautical Miles

The difference between the two is 26537 yards - so this could be very important
The difference between getting a mission success or a mission failure

Uhm... your numbers are off. Way off. A statue mile is 5280 feet (1760 yds) and a nautical mile is 5802 feet (1934 yds). Certainly not a difference of 26.5 Kyds.

That said, my answer doesn't change - if everyone uses knots and Nm at sea, then the game uses the same system.

[max-peck]

Originally Posted by Shadriss

Uhm... your numbers are off. Way off. A statue mile is 5280 feet (1760 yds) and a nautical mile is 5802 feet (1934 yds). Certainly not a difference of 26.5 Kyds.

That said, my answer doesn't change - if everyone uses knots and Nm at sea, then the game uses the same system.

The difference between 100 nm and 100 statute miles is 26537 yards I believe

Sorry I didn't make that clear

[Shadriss]

Originally Posted by max-peck

The difference between 100 nm and 100 statute miles is 26537 yards I believe

Sorry I didn't make that clear

Normally, I'd give the age-old quote "Meh... ADCAP will suck it up." But since you are likely referring to TLAM/TASMs, I'll adjust. "Meh... missile will suck it up."

[asrosser]

I found launching from 200Kyards (100 nm) get's you a fail but 1700Kyards ( 100 statute miles) get's you a mission accomplished.

[Capt Jack Harkness]

Originally Posted by max-peck

As an aside - this makes total sense to me - 1nm equals one minute of latitude - that totally makes sense to me as a unit of measurement

Close, according to this http://www.coastalnavigation.com/sam..._pages/1_2.htm it's one arc second, not minute.

Originally Posted by Shadriss

Uhm... your numbers are off. Way off. A statue mile is 5280 feet (1760 yds) and a nautical mile is 5802 feet (1934 yds). Certainly not a difference of 26.5 Kyds.

According to the same source 1 nm is 6076 feet. Either way, that difference is why knots are faster than mph.

[Lanzfeld]

Originally Posted by Shadriss

Uhm... your numbers are off. Way off. A statue mile is 5280 feet (1760 yds) and a nautical mile is 5802 feet (1934 yds). Certainly not a difference of 26.5 Kyds.

That said, my answer doesn't change - if everyone uses knots and Nm at sea, then the game uses the same system.

Nope.
A nautical mile is 6076 feet.

[Sean C]

Originally Posted by Capt Jack Harkness

Close, according to this http://www.coastalnavigation.com/sam..._pages/1_2.htm it's one arc second, not minute.

Actually, it says the opposite...which is correct.

Originally Posted by coastalnavigation.com

One minute of latitude equals one nautical mile and degrees of latitude are 60 nm apart.

Degrees of longitude are also 60nm apart at the Equator. Differences in longitude further away from the Equator can be approximated by dividing the distance in nm by the cosine of the latitude. For instance:

60nm ÷ cos(45) = 84.85

...so at 45° latitude, 60nm equals about 84'51" of longitude. (Or 1°24'51".)