Convert rod (us survey) to meter
Rod (US Survey)
The US survey rod (symbol: rd) is a unit of length equal to 16½ US survey feet, approximately 5.029210 metres, used in the United States public land survey system. It differs very slightly from the international rod of 5.0292 metres due to the definition of the US survey foot. One hundred US survey links equal one US survey chain, which in turn equals four US survey rods.
Meter
The metre (Commonwealth spelling and BIPM spelling) or meter (American spelling) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μετρούν, "measure") is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The SI unit symbol is m. The metre is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
The metre was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along a great circle, so the Earth's circumference is approximately 40000 km. In 1799, the metre was redefined in terms of a prototype metre bar (the actual bar used was changed in 1889). In 1960, the metre was redefined in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86. In 1983, the current definition was adopted.
Rod (US Survey) to Meter conversion table
| Rod (US Survey) | Meter |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5.02921 |
| 2 | 10.0584 |
| 5 | 25.1461 |
| 10 | 50.2921 |
| 25 | 125.73 |
| 50 | 251.461 |
| 100 | 502.921 |
| 500 | 2514.61 |
| 1000 | 5029.21 |