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. -- David A. Holland dholl...@netbsd.org
