Novatel OM-20000053 Rev 2 Marine GPS System User Manual


 
H Some Common Unit Conversions
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H SOME COMMON UNIT CONVERSIONS
Section H.1 to H.4 list commonly used equivalents between the SI (Système Internationale) units of weights and
measures used in the metric system, and those used in the imperial system. A complete list of hexadecimal values
with their binary equivalents is given in Section H.5 while an example of the conversion from GPS time of week
to calendar day is shown in Section H.6.
H.3 TEMPERATURE H.4 WEIGHT
degrees Celsius = (5/9) x [(degrees Fahrenheit) - 32] 1 kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams
degrees Fahrenheit = [(9/5) x (degrees Celsius)] + 32 1 pound = 0.4536 kilogram (kg)
H.5 HEXADECIMAL AND BINARY EQUIVALENTS
Hexadecimal Binary
0 0000
1 0001
2 0010
3 0011
4 0100
5 0101
6 0110
7 0111
8 1000
9 1001
A 1010
B 1011
C 1100
D 1101
E 1110
F 1111
H.1 DISTANCE
H.2 VOLUME
1 meter (m) = 100 centimeters (cm) = 1000 millimeters (mm)
1 kilometer (km) = 1000 meters (m)
1 nautical mile = 1852 meters
1 international foot = 0.3048 meter
1 statute mile = 1609 meters
1 US survey foot = 0.3048006096 meter
1 liter (l) = 1000 cubic centimeters (cc)
1 gallon (Imperial) = 4.546 liters
1 gallon (US) = 3.785 liters
H SOME COMMON UNIT CONVERSIONS