>> Hectare certainly shows up in surveying. 1 acre is ~0.45 hectares. > >I get 4046.85 m^2, or ~0.405 hectare. Well, I did indicate approximate, I just didn't say how approximate ;))) I can see my memory is failing worse than I thought. >Therefore, my ~52000 ft^2 lot is about 0.483 hectare. I used to describe the property I had in NZ as an acre plus 10 sq metres ... IIRC it was 0.4056 Hectare. Most people didn't pick up on the mixed imperial and metric units. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist