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Originally Posted by BeyGon View Post
Surveyors have been using the foot divided into Tenths since they gave up the chain. I don't believe they will change.
Yup, it is stupid and I wish we would just go to Metric and be done with it.

I typically do not work on anything large enough for this change to affect me. Here is a conversion to put it in perspective:

3.28083333333 US survey feet per meter

3.28083989501 International feet per meter

0.000006' difference.

In 5,280' (1 mile) it will change 0.0317 feet. It is a rare day I am working with distances like that.
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