survey foot

survey foot
   a former U.S. definition of the foot as exactly 1200/3937 meter or about 30.480 060 96 centimeters. This was the official U.S. definition of the foot from 1866 to 1959; it makes the meter equal exactly 39.37 inches. In 1959 the survey foot was replaced by the international foot, equal to exactly 30.48 centimeters. However, the survey foot remains the basis for precise geodetic surveying in the U.S.

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