Measuring distances in the Ocean.
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Must be a trick question. What time did the train leave the unknown location?
Triggernosis
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Totally bad info I suggested here - now I know why I was promoted to supervisor.
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nachogrande
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THE SAME WAY YOU DO ANYTHING TODAY.
ASK SIRI, cuz we have become dumb as rocks.
ASK SIRI, cuz we have become dumb as rocks.
Triggernosis
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More bad info - deleted.
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longitude grid on a map or google map, looks to be approximately 190 statute or 165 nautical miles...but I ain't no sailor so don't take it as a certainty.
Triggernosis
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The correct answer is "purple".Must be a trick question. What time did the train leave the unknown location?
I once had that question for homework. But my dog ate the answer.
Edit. I Think Torizus answered your question.
Get the longitude of each at the shoreline..... tides. 
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Exactly!
I don't know how much info others need to solve a simple problem using basic arithmetic. Using Google or a map find the longitude for each location to use as your two fixed points, subtract and convert the difference to miles.
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78bagger
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Except that lines of longitude converge at the poles. At the equator, a degree of longitude is 60 miles, making a minute 1 mile. Just sayin
True, but for the purpose discussed above, the gradual convergence of longitudinal lines as they approach the poles would have no meaningful impact.
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CAJUNLAWYER
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A minute is one Nautical mile not statute mile.
78bagger
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I'll buy that .
78bagger
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The difference between a nautical mile and a statute mile is moot without knowing the actual distance in a minute at that longitude.
Copied from "The Sundial Primer"
Found this interesting for I'm looking for distance calculation.
The math seems straightforward but I don't know the difference between cosine and cosign.
Found this interesting for I'm looking for distance calculation.
The math seems straightforward but I don't know the difference between cosine and cosign.
you are not the only one... other than spelling I don't know anymore either...
Triggernosis
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Speaking of sine/cosine - does anyone remember the pnemonic "SOHCAHTOA"? ;-)
Maddog 521
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Over yonder or skoosh will get you close.
