(11C) (15C) Convert German Units of Area Measurement

[Michael Zinn]

(04-09-2018 07:19 PM)Dieter Wrote:  

(04-09-2018 02:47 PM)michaelzinn Wrote:  Program A converts Saarlands to Fußballfelds.
Program B converts Fußballfelds to Saarlands.

Maybe you should explain this to our non-German readers. ;-)

By the way: one "Fußballfeld" is mostly used to illustrate an area of 1 hectare (10.000 m²). Sure, the field itself usually is smaller, but the idea is to have a handy comparison. Based on this fact and the Saarland's area being 2570 km² a conversion factor of 257.000 may be more appropriate.

Dieter

Interesting! I didn't know that a Fußballfeld is just an alias for hectare when used as an area of measurement. That makes it even more confusing.