Terrain Resolution--`Or Better'
Terrain resolution is measured in navigational units of arc minutes and arc seconds. At the equator, one arc minute of latitude or longitude is equivalent to one nautical mile, approximately 6,080 feet or 1.852 kilometers. An arc second is 1/60 of an arc minute, or approximately 100 feet, four...
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