Convert link (US survey) [li] to link [li]
Please provide values below to Convert link (US survey) [li] to link [li], or vice versa.
What is a US Survey Link?
The US survey link (∼20.1168 cm) was based on the US survey chain. These small units allowed precise land measurements in the rectangular survey system, with township maps showing dimensions in links and chains until metric conversion.
What is a Surveyor's Link?
A link equals 7.92 inches (20.12 cm) or 1/100 of a surveyor's chain. Invented by Edmund Gunter in 1620, this unit became fundamental in American land division, where 100 links made 1 chain and 10 chains defined an acre's width.
link (US survey) [li] to link [li] Conversion Table
| link (US survey) [li] | link [li] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 link (US survey) [li] | 0.01000002 link [li] |
| 0.1 link (US survey) [li] | 0.1000002 link [li] |
| 1 link (US survey) [li] | 1.000002 link [li] |
| 2 link (US survey) [li] | 2.00000400001 link [li] |
| 3 link (US survey) [li] | 3.00000600001 link [li] |
| 5 link (US survey) [li] | 5.00001000002 link [li] |
| 10 link (US survey) [li] | 10.00002 link [li] |
| 20 link (US survey) [li] | 20.0000400001 link [li] |
| 50 link (US survey) [li] | 50.0001000002 link [li] |
| 100 link (US survey) [li] | 100.0002 link [li] |
| 1000 link (US survey) [li] | 1000.002 link [li] |
How to Convert link (US survey) [li] to link [li]
1 link (US survey) [li] = 1.000002000004 link [li]
1 link [li] = 0.99999800000002 link (US survey) [li]
Example: convert 15 link (US survey) [li] to link [li]:
15 × 1.000002000004 = 15.00003000006 link [li]