Using GPS coordinates, a minute equals a nautical mile at the equator. A nautical mile is equal to 6,076 feet. A statute mile is equal to 5,280 feet. A minute equals 1.15 statute miles.
1.1508 statute miles and one minute of latitude is equal to 1 nautical mile.
1.1508 statute miles and one minute of latitude is equal to 1 nautical mile.
One minute of latitude equals one-sixtieth of a degree of latitude. Since the Earth is divided into 360 degrees of latitude, each degree is further divided into 60 minutes. In terms of distance, one minute of latitude is approximately equal to 1 nautical mile, which is about 1.15 statute miles or 1.85 kilometers.
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6,486.2 meters = 4.03 statute miles.
One statute mile is 0.86897624 nautical miles.
One statute mile is equal to about 0.87 nautical miles.
The definition of a nautical mile was originally based directly on 1 minute of arc. This means a nautical mile is approximately 1/60 of a degree of latitude. However, it is now equal to exactly 1,852 metres. Meanwhile, "land miles" or statute miles developed in a different system, and a statute mile has evolved to be equal to exactly 5280 feet.
Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute is divided into 60 seconds. While the distance represented by a degree of longitude can vary with the latitude, each degree of latitude (north and south) is equal to 60 nautical miles, so one minute of latitude is equal to 1 nautical mile. (About 1.15 statute miles) One nautical mile is equal to 2026 yards, so one second of latitude is equal to 33.8 feet.
The x and y coordinates are equal in the first and third quadrants. In the first quadrant, both x and y are positive, resulting in coordinates like (1, 1). In the third quadrant, both x and y are negative, resulting in coordinates like (-1, -1).
One nautical mile is equal to 1.151 statute miles. So, 320 nm x 1.151 = 368.32 statute miles.
No,60 equals to 1 minute.