Word Origin & History. amber mid-14c., ambergris, from O.Fr. ambre, from M.L. ambar, from Arabic 'anbar amber, a word brought home to Europe by the Crusaders. The sense was extended to fossil resin c.1400, which has become the main sense as the use of ambergris has waned. This formerly was known as white or yellow amber. In Fr., they are distinguished as ambre gris and amber jaune. Cf. also electric.
It depends on how closely he needs to describe the location. One degree of latitude is one nautical mile or about 6000 feet, so one second is about 100 feet. The fractions of a second are pretty useless, but degrees, minutes, and seconds are reasonable.
How many feet in 1 miles? The answer is 5280. We assume you are converting between foot and mile. You can view more details on each measurement unit: feet or miles The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 3.2808398950131 feet, or 0.00062137119223733 miles. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results.