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This is just a guess, but it's possible that surveyors are so used to measurements in ft that the existing tools mostly use ft (like the GPS in the video), so completely deprecating it might leave surveyors without the tools they need to do their jobs.

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In recent conversations i’ve had, plenty of surveyors are just plain old stuck in their ways and simply won’t change.

It’s a market we’re trying to break into, and coming from a European perspective it’s maddening, trying to build simpler apps is complicated enough when dealing with coordinate systems without the addition of multiple definitions of feet and trying to make sure the right one is selected by the user is especially important when dealing with cm accurate products

And here I was thinking posting something similar would be read as too pessimistic!

I’m pretty sure the GPS tool can be switched to meters by a toggle in the settings.

I'm sure any released in the last 10 years would, definitely. But don't forget that there are probably tons of underfunded rural outfits that are using old tech/out of support software etc. Meeting in the middle is going to make sure they don't get left behind.

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