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Re: [RC] [RC] Ancient Greeks & Romans - Joe LongOn Sun, 02 May 2004 16:26:35 -0400, Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Well if you want to get picky, from the Defense Mapping Agency; DMA Techincal Report: Supplement to Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84); Part II, Parmameters, Formulas, etc. WGS 84 is the datum normally used in GPS. The following is the current standard. 1 nautical mile = 1852 meters (exact) 1 statute mile = 1609.344 meters (exact) 1 US survey foot = 1200/3937 meters (exact) That makes a km = .621371192237334 (rounded off) statute miles so 5/8's is off by a few feet ;-) ...LOL Bet you didn't know I had that six inch report at my finger tips? Anyway what I think I said was 6/10's not 3/4's or at lesat I meant to. The old Heart of Dixie ride had a 100 kilometer ride -- it was 62 miles and sanctioned as a 60 mile ride with AERC, but the awards read "100 Km". -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxx http://www.rnbw.com ============================================================ One would think that logic would prevail. But then, if logic did prevail, men would ride sidesaddle. ~ Bob Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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