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UNITS OF DISTANCE AND UNITS OF DISTANCE AND SPEEDSPEED
• Statute Mile is a distance of 5,280
• Nautical Mile (6,080 feet) is the average length of one minute of latitude.
• Kilometer is a distance of 1,000 meters.
50KM
OHP # 1Level Four 417.03b
UNITS OF DISTANCE AND UNITS OF DISTANCE AND SPEEDSPEED
• Knot is a speed of one nautical mile per hour
• Mph is one statute mile per hour
• KMH is one kilometer per hour.
• Abbreviation for Nautical miles is N. miles or N.M. - for statute miles it is, S. miles or S.M. The abbreviation for kilometers is km and for knots is kts.
30Mph
OHP # 2Level Four 417.03b
THE “ONE-IN-SIXTY”RULE
• An error in the track of one degree will cause an error in position of about one mile in a distance of 60 miles.
60 Miles 1 Mile
OHP # 3Level Four 417.03b
Fill the correct term into the blank Fill the correct term into the blank space found in each statement.space found in each statement.
OHP # 4Level Four 417.03b
1. is a distance of 5,280 feet.
2. (6,080 feet) is the average length of one minute of latitude.
3. is a distance of 1,000 meters.
4. is a speed of one nautical mile per hour.
5. is one statue mile per hour.
6. is one kilometer per hour.
Name:
KilometerMachStatute Mile
KphNautical MileMinute
KMHMeterKnot
Terms: YardMphDegree