on 6/1/01 4:31 PM, Forester at jrov@nji.com wrote:
>
> Is this something new for most of you or is it common knowledge. If that's
> the case, there are other alternative units that I can use such as a Texas
> Vara.
Definitely new for me... that would be pretty cool!
Alternative Distance measurements
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Started on 2001-06-01
Alternative Distance measurements
From: Forester (jrov@nji.com) |
Date: 2001-06-01 19:31:31 UTC-04:00
I was thinking of a new challenge for following
clues. I realize that part of the challenge of the pacing is that people
have different strides. Then I realized something about my own
background. Although foresters and surveyors often measure by pacing, they
never describe their distances in paces. They use standard measurement
units.
Most forestry field camps have a lesson where the
students are required to walk certain premeasured distances and calibrate their
pace. Once you know how to pace on level ground the next challenge is
to learn how to compensate for slopes or even for running (in the case of
Orienteering). I thought it might be a new and interesting challenge for
some of you if I did a set of clues using the measurement units of the U.S.
Public Land Survey. These units were devised by Thomas Jefferson who
initiated the survey when he became president.
They aren't common units like feet or yards.
I won't mention the names of the units here. Some of you might already
know of them. I'll even give you some hints on how to calculate them in
the clues. Half the fun would be researching what they are before going
out. The folks in Ohio and west of the Mississippi, would be more familiar
with them. That whole part of the country is divided that way.
Is this something new for most of you or is it
common knowledge. If that's the case, there are other alternative units
that I can use such as a Texas Vara.
I welcome your input,
John
Re: [LbNA] Alternative Distance measurements
From: Thom Cheney (tcgrafx@imagina.com) |
Date: 2001-06-01 17:17:38 UTC-07:00