[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#669362: displays unusual wind speed unit km/h instead of m/s

Mathias Brodala info at noctus.net
Thu Apr 19 16:03:02 UTC 2012


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Hi.

W. Martin Borgert, 19.04.2012 13:50:
> Working in the field of wind energy and "applied meteorology" for
> some years now, I know, that m/s (meter per second) it the usual
> unit for wind speed. km/h is never used anywhere. If weather.com
> does not provide m/s, the plugin should convert from km/h into
> m/s.

As I am not working in the field of wind energy I can say that I can
actually imagine how fast e.g. 19 km/h is, but not so 5.28 m/s.

Thus km/h should at least kept as option for non-experts.


Regards, Mathias
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