Distance measurement in terms of motoring is still done under the imperial system in the UK and uses Miles, yards and Feet.
The distance form New York, New York to London, England is approximately 3016 nautical miles, depending on exactly where the measurement is taken.
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Measurement always deals with a distance of a line or a distance between to objects, distance between 2 points, and so on.
Because when we claimed independence from England we wanted to distance ourselves further from them by creating our own system of measurement
The base SI unit of distance is the meter.
Latitude is the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator. Longitude is the measurement of distance east or west of the prime meridian.
line measurement- distance between two lines end measurement- distance between two faces
length / distance
Longitude is a measurement of the angular distance east or west from the Prime Meridian, which passes through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.
Meters
It is a measurement that doesn't have direction, such as distance. A vector has direction
The general public still uses the outdated Imperial system: inch, foot, yard, furlong, mile. Most of the other measures of distance are no longer in regular use.