Dear John, on 2003-09-05 09.18, john mercer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello could someone please tell me what the proper S I unit is to measure land > area? What is the way to measure volume of apliances such as deep freezers > and fridges? Is it cubic meters or liters? Thanks. In Australia, we use square metres for land areas up to quite large housing or commercial allotments. I have seen factories advertised with numbers like 7000�square metres of land and 3000�square metres of buildings. The most common housing site is about 1000�square metres, but a small allotment for a housing unit could be as small as 300�square metres. For farming areas the most common land area is the hectare (= 10�000�square metres). Many farmers have discovered that if you use the 'MODE' button on your 'ute' you can control the odometer to measure to the nearest 10 metres, and this can be quite useful for making good estimates of farming land areas in hectares. All refrigerators here are described in terms of their volume in litres, As a rule of thumb, when you are buying a household refrigerator/freezer, you can estimate your needs by allowing 200 litres for two people plus 20 litres for each additional member of your family. Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online newsletter, 'Metrication matters'. You can subscribe by sending an email containing the words subscribe Metrication matters to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
