On 27 Aug 2003 10:54:05 GMT, John Lee
wrote:

Navigational question for the day;
One minute of latitude = 1 nautical mile. At what point
on the earth does 1
minute of longatude = 1 nautical mile?
JJ Sinclair

Nowhere! However on the equator 1 second of longitude
equals 1 nautical mile

That isn't any more correct now than when Bill Dean
claimed that
earlier in this thread. See my reply to his message.

Gene Nygaard
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Gene_Nygaard/

Still looking Gene...... the other stuff is interesting
though