can you elaborate the difference?
>From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:16622] RE: Metric in the news >Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:18:13 +0100 > >In the Netherlands we also differentiate between 'vierkante kilometer' >(square kilometer) and 'kilometer in het vierkant', (kilometer square), > >Han > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 1:18 AM >Subject: [USMA:16608] RE: Metric in the news > > > > Wizard: > > > > For authoritative confirmation that Kilometerquadrat means kilometer >square > > (i.e., a square, 1 kilometer by 1 kilometer) and not square kilometer >(i.e., > > an area of one million square meters [ein Million Quadratmeter], >regardless > > of shape), take a look at the following reference: > > http://193.159.218.116/OE/tips.htm. > > > > To quote from the initial text: > > > > Tips zur Benutzung > > der Bodenrichtwertkarte des Kreises Olpe > > Der innerhalb der blauen Linien dargestellte Ausschnitt aus der > > Bodenrichtwertkarte entspricht in der Regel einem Quadrat mit einer > > Seitenlänge von einem Kilometer, ein sog. Kilometerquadrat > > > > Translation of the last eleven words (for the non-German speakers): "... >a > > square with a side of length one kilometer, a so-called kilometer >square." > > (sog. is the standard abbreviation of sogennant, meaning so-called.) > > > > Bill Potts, CMS > > Roseville, CA > > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Bill Potts > > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 15:54 > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > Subject: [USMA:16607] RE: Metric in the news > > > > > > I already got that from my own library. My authority is the H. Wernicke > > Lexikon der Elektronic Nachrichten- und Elektrotechnik, published by >Rohde > > und Schwarz (which I acquired, in Düsseldorf, about 10 years ago). > > > > Also, if you do a Google search with Quadratkilometer as the search > > argument, you'll find many contemporary references. Here's just one: > > http://www.bghn.de/region/bevoelkerung.cfm. > > > > Bill Potts, CMS > > Roseville, CA > > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wizard of OS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 15:18 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [USMA:16601] RE: Metric in the news > > > > > > you are talking nonsense! > > > > I can get the units dic from the library and prove it! > > > > dont mess with me! :D > > > > > > >From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: [USMA:16601] RE: Metric in the news > > >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:54:28 -0800 > > > > > >Nonsense. The German for square kilometer is Quadratkilometer. > > > > > >"n Kilometer Quadrat" has the same meaning as the English "n-kilometer > > >square." The "square" part of the expression is neither a unit of >measure > > >nor a component of a unit of measure. It is simply descriptive. The >unit > > >"kilometer" is used in defining the length of a side of that square. >Thus, > > >a > > >four kilometer square (or vier Kilometer Quadrat) has an area of 16 >square > > >kilometers (16 Quadratkilometer). > > > > > >Note that, absent a value (stated or implied), both kilometer square >and > > >Kilometer Quadrat are meaningless (neither being a unit). > > > > > >Bill Potts, CMS > > >Roseville, CA > > >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > >Behalf Of Wizard of OS > > >Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 06:15 > > >To: U.S. Metric Association > > >Subject: [USMA:16592] RE: Metric in the news > > > > > > > > >bill I guess there is a misunderstanding > > > > > >i.e. in german the therm for km² is Kilometerquadrat, which is valid >for > > >more than 20 years now. > > > > > >a four kilometer square is 4 km² I presume > > > > > >deriving from the that the therm square kilometer is wrong at all, I >have > > >never seen ²km!!! > > > > > > > > > >From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Subject: [USMA:16590] RE: Metric in the news > > > >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 03:49:20 -0800 > > > > > > > >Interestingly, on CNN, Christiane Amanpour was describing the area >being > > > >bombed as a four kilometer square. The news readers were referring to >the > > > >same area as one and a half square miles -- an unnecessary and >completely > > > >incorrect conversion. > > > > > > > >A four kilometer square is 16 square kilometers, or approximately 6 > > >square > > > >miles. > > > > > > > >Bill Potts, CMS > > > >Roseville, CA > > > >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > >Behalf Of kilopascal > > > >Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 15:55 > > > >To: U.S. Metric Association > > > >Subject: [USMA:16585] Metric in the news > > > > > > > > > > > >2001-12-10 > > > > > > > >This Morning on the NBC today show, a soldier from the Afghan >conflict > > >was > > > >interviewed. He was one of the soldiers injured in the friendly fire > > > >attack > > > >that killed 3 of his comrades. > > > > > > > >Twice he gave distances and both times they were in kilometres > > > >(kill-lom-eters). Not once did he say an FFU term. Also, on the >evening > > > >news on NBC, the reporter in Afghanistan near Tora Bora also reported > > >using > > > >"hundreds of metres" when describing bin Laden's possible hiding >place. > > > > > > > >Also he stated that the deaths were the results of wrong co-ordinates > > > >radioed to the plane overhead as to where to drop the bomb. I wonder >if > > > >someone made a metric/English conversion error. Will we ever know, >or > > >will > > > >it be hushed up? Can you see the headlines: > > > > > > > >"AMERICAN SOLDIERS DIE IN VAIN BECAUSE OF ENGLISH/METRIC SYSTEM >MISTAKE". > > > >Enough of these headlines might get the ball rolling. > > > > > > > >John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > >Downloaden Sie MSN Explorer kostenlos unter >http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Werden Sie Mitglied bei MSN Hotmail, dem größten E-Mail-Service der >Welt. > > http://www.hotmail.com/de > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Werden Sie Mitglied bei MSN Hotmail, dem größten E-Mail-Service der Welt. http://www.hotmail.com/de
