Last week we were in Bournemouth, Dorset. We walked virtually the entire seafront between Hengistbury Head in the east to Poole in the west (a distance of around 10 km or so). Every 300 or 400 m there is a signboard showing nearest amenities, plus nearest point of interest. Everything was metric (e.g. Bournemouth Town Centre 2.5 km, Bistro Restaurant 120 m, toilets 85 m, clifftop elevation 48 m, etc).
Not an imperial measurement to be seen. John F-L ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Vlietstra To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:19 PM Subject: [USMA:45266] RE: Gratifying use of SI in my home town Bill, It is a legal requirement in the UK that berths be quoted per metre. UKMA members have often scoured local government websites to remind local councils of their legal obligations. BTW, the .gov.uk URL is used by central government, county councils, district councils, government agencies and so on, not just central government. For example, visit www.hart.gov.uk to visit the Hart District Council website. (Hart District, where I live, is home to about 70,000 people) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Potts Sent: 24 June 2009 22:47 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:45259] Gratifying use of SI in my home town I was looking for information on free broadband wi-fi in my hometown of Scarborough, UK. I discovered it was only in the Harbour (sic) area. However, while exploring, I came across the following page, which gives the rates for private marina berths in UK pounds per square meter: http://www.yorkshireports.co.uk/content/scarborough/leisure/pb_prices.aspx As the site is a government one, the use of metric units is unsurprising, but it's gratifying nonetheless. I was thinking that, if Yorkshire Ports can get it right, there's no reason NASA (and Boeing) can't also. Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Potts WFP Consulting Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
