[Marble-devel] Nautical miles unit

Anders Lund anders at alweb.dk
Sat Dec 28 09:48:43 UTC 2013


On Lørdag den 28. december 2013 11:43:43, Yuri Chornoivan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In the current code,
> 
> src/lib/marble/CurrentLocationWidget.cpp:293
> src/lib/marble/MarbleWidget.cpp:1245
> src/plugins/render/elevationprofilefloatitem/ElevationProfilePlotAxis.cpp:16
> 1 src/plugins/render/gpsinfo/GpsInfo.cpp:145
> src/plugins/render/mapscale/MapScaleFloatItem.cpp:275
> 
> an abbreviation "nm" is used for nautical miles. Wikipedia [1] says that
> common symbol is M, NM or nmi.
> 
> Does it make sense to change the symbol to M with the respective comment?

I believe nm is fine, it will be understood most easy (no matter the case).

> Thanks in advance for your answers.
> 
> Best regards,
> Yuri
> 
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mile#Unit_symbol
> [2] http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8.pdf (p.133)
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Anders


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