Until they rejigger the whole system of positioning away from latitude and divide the points of the compass and bearings into something like 100 or 1000 units, the knot will stay. And rightly so, otherwise I would have to buy new charts, a new gps and a new compass for my boat and my bugsmasher.
Statute miles are up there with leagues and cubits as an outdated measure of distance. Like gallons and lbs.
Km is alright for cars, but is pretty useless in the middle of an ocean.
When the USA was the leading builder of aircraft they could get away with mph, but if they went back to that now, they would lose even more sales to those pesky foreigners.
Last edited by Mach E Avelli; 10th Jul 2012 at 04:07.