Don't know a use for radians
"Maths", as the Europeans say.
Don't know a use for radians
"Maths", as the Europeans say.
Of course but i meant surveying or engineering wise
@beuckie?ÿ
No worries.
I seem to be a bit fired up today, and nobody seems to be enjoying my dad jokes.
Let's be honest... How much control, corridor, aerial, gis, etc. work is FUBAR because people don't understand metadata, can't convert between metric and International/US Survey Feet, let alone get the correct "foot" for their state, or NAD27, or NAD83, etc.
+1. Plenty of "old school" folks with "years of expertise" that use control from different epochs and wonder why they don't fit for a couple tenths...
My favorite meters are US Survey Meters.
Better then those pesky Albanian meters.?ÿ
Before Canada went metric we had the infuriating use of differnt gallons, and all the volume measures defined as a part of a gallon across the border.?ÿ
Yeah, it is still a bit of an issue.?ÿ You have to note the source of car mpg claims (ie. is it from Canada/UK or a brochure from our friends to the south).?ÿ One still has to check the data source when mixing pesticides for crop application (most of the instructions still come in imperial).
If the meter is such a good length for measurements, all the old measurements would be in yards.?ÿ
If the meter is such a good length for measurements, all the old measurements would be in yards.
Well that's...interesting.
"Because something has been a certain way in the past in my small corner of the world, it is therefore the best [globally] and should never be changed."
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If the foot was such a good length for measurements, all the old measurements would be in feet.
But they were in chains, weren't they?
@mightymoe that rational would only make sense if a centimeter was some odd fraction of a meter, and a km was a random number of meters, (e.x. 1,023).
@dougie?ÿ
I did it for a while but I didn't like it.?ÿ
And fahrenheit is better than celsius
And gallons are better than liters
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What most of the world uses would be best, but the US never faced up to the pain of real conversion and the pain grows, of both potential conversion, and the pain of not having converted, as the years pass.
Didn't Jefferson wand to make the PLSS metric?
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Why do you keep your (very old) documents wrapped in chains?
Sounds barbaric...?
So they can Perch on shelves?
Sorry, just my sense of humour (humor, for those who can't spell using the King's English)
Actually it is surprising how much land still bears the effect of the old measurements, especially areas which were once divided up into cultivation strips: one or two rods wide was a very common division and the two rod width often confuses youngsters who assume it should be ten metres.
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@bill93?ÿ
There will be more pushes to switch over, in the meantime I'll keep doing my even foot slope stakes (not possible with the meter) and enjoying not dealing with the changeover. Been there, done that, got the tee shirt and I don't want that tee shirt again.?ÿ
@bill93 Jefferson wanted a power-of-10 system for everything, not just length, to go along with dollars and cents. But it was different from metric, probably because his proposal came out about the same time as the metric system.
The foot is superior as a measurement tool. Especially for engineering and surveying.?ÿ
I was a big advocate of changing till the DOT projects started rolling in. So glad that's over with, hopefully never to return.?ÿ
What was really illustrative was sitting in a big meeting with a room full of engineers from a number of companies and the relief they all expressed that the metric era was finally over. I figured they might have a different opinion than I did,,,,,,everyone was on the same page.?ÿ
The change over didn't go as planned.?ÿ
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I hope this post is a victim of sarcasm not translating well?
@bill93 Andro Linklater's book "Measuring America" (2002) goes into great detail about this issue, and includes a chapter about Thomas Jefferson's ideas and proposals.
?ÿhope this post is a victim of sarcasm not translating well?
It's good to have hope.
?ÿhope this post is a victim of sarcasm not translating well?
It's good to have hope.
Better than assuming ignorance or arrogance.
