In the remote chance you are interested, here are the conversion factors.
To convert Nautical miles to Statute miles, multiply Nautical miles by 1.15.
To convert Statute miles to Nautical miles, multiply Statute miles by 0.87.
The reason I post this is that your GPS might be set on nautical and you not know it. One time I was running to a spot with 2 GPS’s on, and the countdown numbers were different on each unit but we got to the spot at the same moment…huh? Found one of them set on nautical. Check it out. Bet you been worrying all day about this,
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Simple solution… Set your GPS to nautical miles. Most navigation systems are this way by default. However, this is usually the first thing that someone changes when they get a new contender because they like to say, “Did 50 on the way in!!!”…
I think your conversion is backwards, a nautical miles is longer than a statute mile.
Dark Star
here is a site with the formulae. . .but Capt. Mike’s site (above) is better.
PDF] CONVERSION TABLE FOR NAUTICAL AND STATUTE MILESFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
To convert Nautical miles to Statute miles, multiply Nautical miles by 1.15. To convert Statute miles to Nautical miles, multiply Statute miles by 0.87. …
My GPS stays on statute miles and magnetic headings. That way my GPS heading and my compass headings agree and my bearings and miles to targets are easier to keep up with.
right, Capt. Mike Crouch?
My speed is in MPH and distance in NM, I get there much quicker that way, but then again, I do run a Contender…