August 25, 2007 08:55
As a quick PS to my last post:
It would seem, from a scan around, that the norm is for distances less than half a nautical mile to be expressed in metres.
Over half a mile is in decimal, e.g. 0.8 nm.
I can't lay my hands on the relevant Admiralty book at the moment, but many navigational directions and even race instructions seem to adhere to this policy.
Ron
It would seem, from a scan around, that the norm is for distances less than half a nautical mile to be expressed in metres.
Over half a mile is in decimal, e.g. 0.8 nm.
I can't lay my hands on the relevant Admiralty book at the moment, but many navigational directions and even race instructions seem to adhere to this policy.
Ron