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Measuring hourly snowfall with a webcam and PHP

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Re: Measuring hourly snowfall with a webcam and PHP

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Seems to use some units of measurement that are unheard of in my part of the world. Oh 1 inch = 2.54 cm.

A bit ot, but is there a standard way to measure things? (I'm thinking about inches vs cm, or gallons vs liters).

Yes, the metric system.

Every country in the world uses it except for the US, Burma, and Liberia.

Re: Measuring hourly snowfall with a webcam and PHP

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post #3

Seems to use some units of measurement that are unheard of in my part of the world. Oh 1 inch = 2.54 cm.

A bit ot, but is there a standard way to measure things? (I'm thinking about inches vs cm, or gallons vs liters).

Related: http://articles.cnn.com/1999-09-30/tech/9909_30_mars.metric

Re: Measuring hourly snowfall with a webcam and PHP

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A bit ot, but is there a standard way to measure things? (I'm thinking about inches vs cm, or gallons vs liters).

Yes, the metric system. Every country in the world uses it except for the US, Burma, and Liberia.

The UK still uses imperial units a lot, too.
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