ATP Quiz: Where is this? What is it? Why is it there?

Posted on May 16, 2007
Filed Under ATP Quiz, >> Adil Najam
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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?:-)

Where is this, and what?

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  1. Daktar says:
    May 19th, 2007 11:05 am

    Wow. Learnt more new stuff here. Did not realize how nautical miles were calculated. Thanks. Nice picture too.

  2. Abizaib says:
    May 19th, 2007 4:18 am

    Here is the Wiki for Nautical Mile:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mile

    And here is the image:

  3. Abizaib says:
    May 19th, 2007 2:56 am

    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 !

  4. badar says:
    May 18th, 2007 7:34 am

    i think the whole NM things just a mistake.anyone think they actually pulled off a typo and meant to write KM (kilometers) instead of NM????

  5. ahsan says:
    May 18th, 2007 2:19 am

    [quote]

    9100 NM = 0.00009100 M (meter) = 0.0091 CM.

    [/quote]

    Sorry, I missed a zero. It should be:

    9100 NM = 0.000009100 M (meter) = 0.00091 CM.

  6. ahsan says:
    May 18th, 2007 1:20 am

    I think that NM is not for Nautical Mile but it stands for Nanometer as pointed out by Ayesha.

    9100 NM = 0.00009100 M (meter) = 0.0091 CM.

    It is almost zero, So the tree is right in the park and perhaps they call this particular park “Pakistan”.

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