Links to (non-USMA) metric system information, standards, guides, and policies

The links on this page lead to information sources that are not maintained by USMA. Although USMA believes the metric information provided by these sources is of value, USMA is not responsible for the content of these Websites. Be aware that as Website addresses change the links below may fail to work. Please contact the USMA Webmaster if you encounter any broken links.

METRIC SYSTEM links:

US Federal Government:
- National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) / Department of Commerce (DoC):
  - NIST Metric Program office
  - NIST Physics Laboratory Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty (Contains unit conversion tables)
  - NIST Weights and Measures museum tour
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):
  - Assessment of NASA's Use of the Metric System (PDF or HTML update) (following the 1999 September loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft)
  - NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) News releases to include metric references
- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Construction Program Guide: Metrication
- General Services Administration (GSA):
  - GSA Metric Standards
  - GSA Metric Design Guide (PBS PQ260 in PDF)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) METAR/TAF information (reports now use degree Celsius temperatures)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Metric Program
- Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Metric Transition Program
- National Institute of Government Purchasing (NIGP) Metric Standards resolution
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC): Final Policy Statement - Conversion To The Metric System (PDF)
Educational Organizations and Institutions:
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) position statement: Teaching the Metric System for America’s Future
- National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Position Statement: Use of the Metric System
- A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (Center for Mathematics and Science Education)
Other Professional Organizations:
- American Association for the Advacement of Science (AAAS):
  - AAAS: Use of the Metric System in Scientific Publications
  - AAAS: Reaffirmation of Desirability of the Metric System for the United States
- US Army Corps of Engineers metric policy (See enclosure 5: Guide Specification: Metric Measurements.)
- Construction Metrication at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)
- American Public Works Association (APWA) Proposed Policy Statement on Metrication (MS Word document)
- International Astronomical Union (IAU) SI Units
- Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Metric Policy Manual
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Essential Requirements (PDF; see Section 3.4, Metric Policy, on page 12).
International:

USMA members:
- James R. Frysinger's "Metric Methods"
- S I Jakub Associates' "Metric Units, Standards, Practices"
- Bill Potts' "SI Navigator"
- Carl Sorenson's "The Metric System"
- Bryan Dyck's "Metric America"
- Pat Naughtin's "Metrication Matters"
- Justin Jih's "The International System of Units and the Road Speeds in the United States"
- Randy Bancroft's "The Metric Maven"
- David Pearl's "Metric Pioneer"
- Mark Henschel's Support for the Metric Only Update of the FPLA (PDF/PowerPoint presentation)
- Mark Henschel's Chamber of Commerce speech (AVI presentation)
(USMA members may ask us to list their sites by contacting the USMA Webmaster. To be eligible for listing, a site must be metric-related and mainly non-commercial in nature. Acceptance of sites for this list is solely at the discretion of the USMA Website Committee. USMA's listing does not constitute an endorsement of a site's contents.)
Other Related Standards Information:
- International standard date and time notation (Does 01/02/03 mean January 2, 2003 or 1 February 2003 ?)
- International standard paper sizes (ISO A-size paper)
- Metric typographical units (to replace points, picas, etc.)

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