> A nautical mile at the pole would be quite short, a nautical mile at the equator would be quite long.
No, this is emphatically not the case. You're confusing a minute of curvature -- a minute along a great circle path -- with a minute of latitude.
No, this is emphatically not the case. You're confusing a minute of curvature -- a minute along a great circle path -- with a minute of latitude.
I'm not talking about how it is today, I'm talking about the inconsistencies in this article.