Convert meter to mile (US survey)
Please provide values below to convert meter [m] to mile (US survey) [mi (survey)], or Convert mile (US survey) to meter.
How to Convert Meter to Mile (Us Survey)
1 m = 0.000621369949494964 mi (survey)
Example: convert 15 m to mi (survey):
15 m = 15 × 0.000621369949494964 mi (survey) = 0.00932054924242446 mi (survey)
Meter to Mile (Us Survey) Conversion Table
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Meter
The meter is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). It is the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
History/Origin
The meter was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole. This changed in 1889, when the international prototype meter was established as the length of a prototype meter bar, made of an alloy of platinum and iridium. In 1960, the meter was redefined in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86.
Current Use
The meter is used worldwide in many applications such as science, engineering, and trade. The United States is one of the few countries in which the meter is not widely used in everyday life and trade.
Mile (Us Survey)
The U.S. survey mile is a unit of length equal to 5,280 U.S. survey feet.
History/Origin
The U.S. survey foot was defined such that 1 meter is exactly 39.37 inches. This made the U.S. survey mile slightly longer than the international mile. The use of the survey foot was officially phased out in 2022.
Current Use
The U.S. survey mile was used for land surveying in the United States.