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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'>This is a very
interesting question.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'>You must first
remember that there are two kinds of feet. The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> survey foot and the
international foot.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'>Secondly, you
must remember that different professions work with the foot unit in different
ways. For example, engineers and surveyors use tenths, hundredths, and
thousandths of feet, while architects, contractors, and just about everyone
else uses inches.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'>I rarely see
yards used as a unit, except for in construction and volume calculations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'>So, I think your
most common units would look something like this:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'>1/1000 Foot,
1/100 Foot, 1/10 Foot, 1 Foot, 1 Mile<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'>1/32 Inch, 1/16
Inch, 1/8 Inch, 1 Inch, 1 Foot, 1 Mile<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'>Hope that helps.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'>Landon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Paul Austin<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 23, 2008
11:31 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSGeo Discussions<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [OSGeo-Discuss] How do
feet work?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi guys,<br>
<br>
I'd like some input from the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
folks on how they deal with feet in mapping in relation to rules.<br>
<br>
For metres life is simple you do divisions at 1mm, 1cm, 1dm, 1m, 10m, 100m,
1km, 10km, 100km etc.<br>
<br>
For imperial things get a little more interesting as you have to deal in
inches, feet (maybe yards) and miles. What would a similar sequence of ruler
divisions be in the imprerial world?<br>
<br>
1/8". 1/4", 1/2", 1", 1', 1yd, 100yd, 500yd, 100yd, 1mi,
10mi, 100mi, 1000mi?<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Paul<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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