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 Seitenl�nge 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 D�sseldorf, 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 km� is Kilometerquadrat, which is valid for >more than 20 years now. > >a four kilometer square is 4 km� I presume > >deriving from the that the therm square kilometer is wrong at all, I have >never seen �km!!! > > > >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 gr��ten E-Mail-Service der Welt. http://www.hotmail.com/de
