metric system newsgroup call for votes #1

"Robb McLeod" wrote in message
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On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 22:52:32 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
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"Robb McLeod" wrote in message
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On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:58:24 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
wrote:

And since nautical miles are a measurement system based on the earth,
they
work out real well for navigation.

That might have been true at one time but the Imperial system is now
entirely defined in terms of Metric units.

I fear you miss the entire point, nautical miles agree with latitude and
longitude.

snip of irrelevence

But the Earth isn't perfect sphere, nor is an arc minute the same in
a plane as a submarine. The natical mile was standardized to metric
because it was inconsistant depending on where you stood on the globe.

The nautical mile works fine inside the WGS-84 oblate speroid earth model.
Using meters is inapropriate for earth navigation.

Remulac is the only place meters make sense for navigation.