@tadbithuman America is metric, it just doesn't realise it.
@tadbithuman No. It really is. Under the hood, for all the anti metric sentiment, an inch is defined as 25.4mm
@quixoticgeek ah yes, in fact all geodetic surveys in America are performed in metres and then converted to the standard foot (0.3048 m) and/or US survey foot (0.3048006096 m).
The two different measures of feet cause problems when not handled carefully with long things like highways.
It is grand that the survey foot was retired at the end of 2022.
@tadbithuman Exactly. US is a metric country, it just doesn't want to admit it.
@quixoticgeek sadly no, but we would benefit greatly from it.