 How big is a degree lat or long? | |
Robert Solomon wrote in message ...
>I was
>wondering how big a degree is, on the surface that is. Or where should
>I look?
>
a degree of latitude is 60 nautical miles everywhere.
a degree of longitude is 60 Nautical Miles only at the Equator.
if not at the equator then the formula is:
60 * cosine(latitude) = nautical miles per degree of longitude
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