What is a link (US survey)?

A link (US survey) is a historical unit of length equal to 1/100 of a Gunter's chain or 0.66 US survey feet, traditionally used in land surveying in the United States.

What does a gigameter measure?

A gigameter is an SI derived length unit equal to one billion meters, commonly used to express vast distances like those within the Solar System.

Why convert from link (US survey) to gigameter?

Converting between these units helps relate small, historical land measurements to very large astronomical distances useful in scientific and educational contexts.

How to Convert from Link (US survey) [li] to Gigameter [Gm]

Learn how to convert length measurements from the historic US survey link to the large-scale SI unit gigameter, facilitating the comparison between land surveying data and astronomical distances.

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What Is This Tool?

This unit converter allows you to transform measurements from the US survey link, a small historical length unit used in land surveying, into gigameters, a very large SI unit used to express interplanetary distances.

How to Use This Tool?

Enter the value in link (US survey) units you wish to convert.
Select link (US survey) as the input unit and gigameter as the output unit.
Execute the conversion to view the equivalent length expressed as gigameters.

Key Features

Converts from link (US survey), a subdivision of Gunter's chain used in legacy US land surveys.
Outputs values in gigameters, suitable for astronomical and planetary scale distances.
Browser-based and easy to use for reconciling historic land measurements with modern SI units.

Examples

10 Links (US survey) convert to approximately 2.011684023368e-9 Gigameters.
1,000,000 Links (US survey) equal about 2.011684023368e-4 Gigameters.

Common Use Cases

Interpreting distances recorded in historic US land survey plats and deeds.
Working with cadastral mapping and boundary descriptions based on legacy surveys.
Comparing land survey measurements to large-scale distances in astronomy and planetary science.

Tips & Best Practices

Use this conversion primarily for academic or analytical comparison between very different length scales.
Consider the context of historic land data when reconciling with modern measurements.
Be aware that the extremely small unit size makes the gigameter equivalent often negligible for practical purposes.

Limitations

The US survey link is a very small and historical unit, so its gigameter counterpart is extremely tiny and often not practical.
Significant scale differences may cause loss of precision or relevance in daily applications.
Conversion mainly serves educational or interoperability needs rather than routine measurement.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a link (US survey)?: A link (US survey) is a historical unit of length equal to 1/100 of a Gunter's chain or 0.66 US survey feet, traditionally used in land surveying in the United States.
What does a gigameter measure?: A gigameter is an SI derived length unit equal to one billion meters, commonly used to express vast distances like those within the Solar System.
Why convert from link (US survey) to gigameter?: Converting between these units helps relate small, historical land measurements to very large astronomical distances useful in scientific and educational contexts.

Key Terminology

Link (US survey): A historical length unit equal to 1/100 of a Gunter's chain or about 0.66 US survey feet, used in US land surveying.
Gigameter (Gm): An SI unit of length equal to one billion meters, used to express extremely large distances such as those between planets.
Gunter's chain: A land measurement chain that is 66 US survey feet long, divided into 100 links.

Quick Knowledge Check

What is the approximate length of one US survey link?

One foot

0.66 US survey feet

One meter

A gigameter is best used to measure:

Land plots in the US

Interplanetary distances

Small objects like insects

Why might converting US survey links to gigameters be limited in practicality?

Because the gigameter is smaller than the link

Due to the large scale difference making the conversion tiny

Because the link is a modern unit

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