I have been using aeronautical charts for about a month now, and I love them. However, I don't understand what a "minute" is. Hopefully, someone can explain it to me. Thanks to whomever can help.

Lattitude and longitude can be expressed as Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds (D-M-S). 1 Degree = 60 Minutes. 1 Minute = 60 Seconds. 1 Minute of Lattitude is also 1 Nautical Mile; the same is not true for Longitude.http://webusers.warwick.net/~u1007204/gs/chartsym.html

Except at the equator where 1 minute of longitude = 1 nautical mile. :+

Thanks, nice link.