[OSM-talk] Potlatch 1.3

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/11/25 Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>

> Hi,
>
> Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:
> > El Martes, 24 de Noviembre de 2009, Frederik Ramm escribió:
> >> Maybe "~= 100km", but "== 60 nm".
> >
> > Am I the only one who has read that as "60 nanometers"?
>
> No, a certain Martin K. has already reported the same. I'd say it
> depends on context; nm is often, if sloppily, used in aviation at least,
> but since sub-meter precision isn't required there, nobody will misread it.
>

+1. It's hard to misread and if you think instead of reading like a computer
you will get it, stil it literally reads "nanometer", while Nautical Miles
officially should abbr. NM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mile
(they also say *M*, *Nm* or *nmi) *but I wouldn't use Nm either, as this is
the official abbr. for energy (Newton metres =Joule).

cheers,
Martin
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