Adil Najam
The question is in the headline. The answer may be in google, but can anyone guess without the help of google? And if you can, do tell us ‘why’ you know where this is?:-)
Dear Readers,
While All Things Pakistan has remained alive and online, it has been dormant since June 11, 2011 - when, on the blog's 5th anniversary, we decided that it was time to move on. We have been heartened by your messages and the fact that a steady traffic has continued to enjoy the archived content on ATP. While the blog itself will remain dormant, we are now beginning to add occasional (but infrequent) new material by the original authors of the blog, mostly to archive what they may now publish elsewhere. We will also be updating older posts to make sure that new readers who stumble onto this site still find it useful.
We hope you will continue to find ATP a useful venue to reflect upon and express your Pakistaniat. - Editors
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Wow. Learnt more new stuff here. Did not realize how nautical miles were calculated. Thanks. Nice picture too.
Here is the Wiki for Nautical Mile:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mile
And here is the image:
Interesting reponses, shows a lot about how people think or solve problems (IQ), and many fail to use common sense ;). This picture brought a lot out of people…
Here are a few geographical facts:
Liberia – Pakistan
Aerial Distance: 5,400 Miles
Shortest Nautical Distance: 9,100 NM [Nautical Miles] (Traveling around South of African) From Monrovia to Karachi
There is no typo in the sign and the information is correct.
Second, Nanometers are not used to measure geographical distances, but mostly in nanotechnology – where distances are microsocopic, and only inferred by use of high power electron scan microscopes. The distance between your brain cells can be measured in Nanometers (Billionth of a meter).
Just for the sake of perspective, an average human being’s arm length represents a billionth of the distance between the Earth and its Moon.
Use Google Earth to measure all sorts of distances Aerial/Nautical/Land – Its FREE !