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Canyon ia 7,000 feet. But that means little to our foreign visitors who come to see that spectacular view. They need to know that elevation is 2,099 meters.”
The dual listings, Walker said, would also be useful educationally to the many Americans who travel abroad and must try to adapt to the metric system wherever they go.
Apart from measurements of feet, others that are common in Park Service brochures and signs include: miles, now joined by kilometers which are 0.62 of a mile; miles per hour; yards, which are just short of the 39 inch meter; and acres, of which 2.47 make a hectare.□
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