Honestly, I think the more important fact is that the survey had errors and the actual figure is more on the order of 10002 km, so the figure is not correct to the accuracy stated. That isn't very "metric."
________________________________ From: Pierre Abbat <p...@bezitopo.org> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Tue, June 4, 2013 5:34:21 AM Subject: [USMA:52862] RE: Metric Flag On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 07:59:20 Martin Vlietstra wrote: > I know that some flags do have text - this seems to have been a trends in > the 19th century. Historically the flag was an emblem that was recognisable > without text. How about the quarter meridian divided into ten equal parts? Pierre -- li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci