Clark
(Meteorologist)
Thu Aug 11 2005 05:27 PM
Re: Measuring a Huricanes size.

The distance between points of longitude varies with how close to the poles you are. Between latitudes, it is generally about 111km/69mi. Between longitudes, you have to multiply it by the cosine of the latitude (in degrees).


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