Talk:Mile
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Is the U.S survey mile really the same as the geographical mile? Can we have cites, please?
- No it isn't. That was my mistake, I corrected it now. AxelBoldt
Regarding the term statute mile, there is some confusion. In http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictM.html#mile and http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Mile.html and http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/links/weights/equivalences.html it is defined as the international mile, while in http://www.jmtk.org/pages/library/man/jmu/JMU_DistanceConvert.htm and http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB.html it is defined as the U.S. survey mile. The definite publication seems to be http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/235/appxc/appxc.htm from NIST which takes it to be the survey mile, so that's what I followed. AxelBoldt 17:04 Sep 17, 2002 (UTC)
- Is that a US-specific definition? I've always assumed that "statute mile" here in the United Kingdom refers to the international mile, but as I'm not sure I'm not editing. Loganberry 00:03, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
data mile - used for radar calibration
Another site, http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictD.html, lists yet another definition for mile called a "data mile." How might a definiton for "data mile" be added without copying content from that page? I have no personal knowledge of the term, so can't help track down any source for the info. If accurate, it would be an interesting addition to the list
