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minus-squareZerush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year ago To be fair, also in Europe imperial measurements are still used, for example in plumbing, where inches are used for some reasons still unknown, or in aviation, where they continue to measure, in part, in feet.
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe ICAO has apparently recommended using the international system of units since 2010, but it hasn’t been widely adopted yet. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization
To be fair, also in Europe imperial measurements are still used, for example in plumbing, where inches are used for some reasons still unknown, or in aviation, where they continue to measure, in part, in feet.
The ICAO has apparently recommended using the international system of units since 2010, but it hasn’t been widely adopted yet.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization