Other Metrication Groups and Resources
US Pro-Metrication Sites
US Metric Association
The USMA is the national metrication non-profit. They do excellent work helping us towards metrication and supply many useful pages on the technical sides of metric. We highly recommend joining the USMA.Grass Roots Metric Campaign
A grass roots sight run by teacher Tom Price. He's advancing the grass roots movement through teachers and educational groups.Go Metric America
Another grass roots metrication site with the following goals:- See the adoption of the SI in all respects by the USA by 2020.
- Build 1 million volunteers to actively advocate the metrication of America by 2010.
- Provide education for the metrication nation.
Metrication.US
Another metrication action site. Multimedia news from the metrication process in USA.Metric 4 US
Pro-metric site with a couple of essays on "Why Metric" and "Why Not English". Points out that we should do this for ourselves not for everyone else as it's we who are suffering.The Wood Butcher
Metric comments from a wood carver and tool enthusiast.Informational Sites
Metric Views
Metric Views is the UK Metric Associations blog. It's a very informative site as to what's going on day to day in the UK as they finish conversion.Metrication Matters
Pat Naughtins metrication site. Pat puts out a monthly newsletter as well as lots of other useful information.Think Metric
A sight aiming to help schools and businesses become metric aware.Metric America
"Fun filled American metric learning experience that simply demonstrates everyday measuring"Units of Measurement
A page dedicated to listing all the units of measurement. Quite useful if someone gives you something bizarre like the breakfast cupThe Metric System
This site has good reference material for learning metric.SI Navigator
SI Navigator has links to a lot of useful metric sites including metric supplies and consultants.NIST
NIST metric program home page.NIST Guide to SI
The official NIST guide to the International System of Units. Publication SP811.NIST SI Bibliography
Sites related to SI as well as the history of measurement in the USA and SI.NIST Educational Resource Links
Resources for students, parents and teachers.CIA Fact Book
The CIA fact book appendix G lists notations, relationships and conversions as well as a short note about countries not using metric. Note: This page had several issues as pointed out by John in this post but was updated in September, 2007.Social Networking Groups
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