Well, you guys do use arcs of 400 degrees instead of 360, don't you. At least I have that bit of info from a dependable source.

And if you don't believe me than here : http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/g/go/gon.htm

Maybe its use never made it too Australia.

But whatever you do don't call me a lier or misinformed.

I never said that I had intimate knowlegde of land surveying I just used this example to show that it is not uncommon to get of the traditionally inspired path when that gives advantages. Don't some engineers use metric time as well. Where 100 seconds are 1 new minute and where a 100 minutes are in a new hour.

And I also never said in any way :"that "engineers" (I) feel that they (I) know all there is to "surveying" when in actual fact, they are greatly mistaken". Don't put words or meanings in my mouth.

Wouter