> >> 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. So how many cubic fortnights per hour is that? BTW, is fortnight just an Australian thing these days? (go on, laugh at my lame joke). My recent co-workers, be they German, Korean, Russian, Estonian, Swedish, Indian or whatever have all looked at me blankly when I use fortnight. What gives? Tony -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist