Gene Mechtly wrote: > John, > > The "SI Unit" of area is the meter squared. The "hectare" is in > Table 8. of the BIPM Brochure on the SI under the heading "Other > non-SI units currently accepted for use with the International System > of Units." > The units in table 8 are deprecated by the comment "Their use is not > encouraged." >
I don't see a real disadvantage of the hectare cuz it is truly metric. I would drop the non-SI support for feet, inches and nautical miles! bye