I confess I just went to the US version of the weather page on the site and saw only Fahrenheit temperatures. (The Canadian and UK versions used Celsius only.) Based on this I leapt to the conclusion (erroneous, from what you saw for yourself) that the entire US version of the site exclusively used US Customary units. I'm glad to hear that's not entirely true!
Ezra Brenton wrote: > I just had a look at www.australia.com and found the USA version > contained much metric. Look however at www.southaustralia.com and > you will see that our tourist commission have not only used only US > Customary measurements, but also used US Customary spelling too. Below > is taken from http://www.southoz.com/adventure/adelaide/index.html > which links from www.southaustralia.comAdelaide, South Australia's > capital city, is renowned for its compact size and accessibility. > Colonel William Light's vision in 1836 saw the city streets designed > in a gridpattern surrounded by parklands. This safe and clean city is > only one square mile, yet boasts many distinctive attractions. Within > 20 minutes of the city center, you can be in the hills, by the ocean, > or in the wine country. The airport is merely 3.75 miles from the city > center, which takes approximately 10 minutes. I wrote to the our South > Australian Tourist Commission and explained that Canadians are also > likely to click on the USA flag for information about our state. > Since they use metric, like us, it should also state that the airport > is 6 kms from the city centre. Any one looking the US version of the > page could believe we are indeed not a metric country or even use > Australian English. "They did not provide the courtesy of a reply > back." Regards,Brenton ConwayAdelaide, Australia. ----- Original > Message ----- From: "Ezra Steinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "U.S. > Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 > 10:30 AMSubject: [USMA:26656] Australian Tourist Commission Web Site > > I just checked out the Australian Tourist Commission web site > > (http://www.australia.com). Quite attractive and well laid out. > > > > They give you the opportunity to pick your language and your > country. I > > was pleased to discover (insofar as I looked) that the English > language > > versions for Canada and the UK use metric units only. However, I was > > > disappointed to see that the USA version appears to use US Customary > > > Units only. > > > > I took the opportunity to send them feedback suggesting that they > switch > > the version for the USA to a "metric (US Customary)" format. I > proposed > > to them that the USA is converting (albeit slowly and voluntarily) > and > > that such a format sends the appropriate message to expect to find a > > > metric country when visiting Australia. > > > > I'll let y'all know if I get some sort of reply. > > > > Cheers, > > Ezra > > > >
