Expats and tourists from the United States come to Costa Rica with a handicap. While most of the rest of the world, including Costa Rica, is using the metric system, the U.S., despite several efforts ...

Effortlessly switch between different metric units using our Metric System Converter, which allows for smooth conversions between meters, kilometers, kilocalories, and kilojoules. Metric units are ...

EDITED BY CHARLES BATES SENIOR EDITOR An easy way to convert metric surface call outs to standard U.S. ones (rms) is to mentally multiply the metric value by 40. For example, 1.6 = 63 rms, 3.2 = 125 ...