I also wrote them to suggest that they not combine units and subunits. Displaying distances as a combination of both meters and centimeters is just importing the idea of using feet and inches together; this is paradigm which is alien to the structure of the metric system.
Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:45:17 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [USMA:46527] Home Interior Layout Designer Dear All, I found this page: http://dailyappshow.com/home-design-app-mark-on-call-lets-users-trade-rooms-adds-metric-setting And I responded as follows: Dear Jerad Hill, I notice that you have chosen the metric system units: “meters and centimeters” or “centimeters only”. Might I respectfully suggest that you have chosen an approach to metrication that will fill your life with grief. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/ApproachesToMetrication.pdf especially the paragraph at the bottom of page 4. I say this as I have more than 40 years experience in building measurement including on-the-job experience and working as a module writer and instructor for Australian building trades. Our experience here is that metrication using millimetres is quick (can be completed in a day), smooth (there is little argument from contractors and sub-contractors because for the first time in their lives they no longer have to use fractions of any kind), and economical (after the first few days errors decrease to close to zero). See http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/centimetresORmillimetres.pdf which is a long, complete, discussion of this issue – but it has a short summary on the first 3 pages. Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. S ee http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free ' Metrication matters ' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
