Re: have a pint

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 02:17:38AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 >  > TLDR: the "(US) survey foot" is 1200/3937 SI meters, and the
 >  > "(international) foot" is
 >  > 0.3048 SI meters, a ratio of about 1.000002000004000:1 or 1:0.999998.
 > 
 > Seems like the right thing to do is 
 > 
 >    -surveyfoot              british-ft
 >    +surveyfoot              1200|3937 meter
 > 
 >    -geodeticfoot            british-ft
 >    +geodeticfoot            surveyfoot
 > 
 > and kill off "british", unless anyone can think of a reason to keep
 > this name for almost-but-not-quite-1.
 > 
 > Note that we have
 > 
 >     inch                    2.54 cm
 > 
 > which is exactly equivalent to 0.3048 meters per foot.

FWIW, I have done this.

From what I've been able to tell, survey feet are exclusively a US
thing and so the adjective unit "british" to get them (and their
derived units) was not just confusing but also backwards.

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David A. Holland
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