On Tuesday 05 August 2008 15:06:00 Harry Wyeth wrote:
> I have been working with a surveyor to mark out a new 10 km race course
> locally.  He seems unable to measure in SI.  We discuss distances, and
> we are in different universes.  I say that we are 200 m short, and he
> wants to convert it into feet.  Most folks are no different.

Does he not know how to set his total station to meters? I've heard surveyors 
who usually measure in feet quote grid coordinates and differences between 
elevation datums in meters.

Pierre

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