MileNautical Class

[SerializableAttribute]
[EnglishAttribute]
public class MileNautical : Unit

Inheritance

Object    Unit    MileNautical

Because conversions between measurements rely on matching the measurement units rather than converting through an intermediary unit, this implementation of nautical mile fudges the relationship between survey feet and international feet by specifying a factor of 6,072 feet, 2,024 yards, and 1.15 statute miles to one nautical mile. Strictly speaking this is not accurate; however, conversions between these measurments and International System measurements will be correct independently of the implied relationship. Three-way tests—converting MileNautical to Foot to Meter—will probably be off by around 3 mm per nautical mile.

For example, converting 1 nautical mile to Mile will return 1.15, which is correct. And converting 1 nautical mile to Meter will return 1852, which is also correct. But converting 1.15 miles to meters will will return 1850.7456, which, while truly equal to one nautical mile, will not convert directly back into statute miles.

A similar situation exists for the Knot class.

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