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Convert chain (US survey) [ch] to link [li]
Please provide values below to Convert chain (US survey) [ch] to link [li], or vice versa.
What is a US Survey Chain?
The US survey chain (∼20.1168 m) used the US survey foot. This measurement was key in the rectangular survey system that mapped the American frontier.
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.
chain (US survey) [ch] to link [li] Conversion Table
| chain (US survey) [ch] | link [li] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 chain (US survey) [ch] | 1.000002 link [li] |
| 0.1 chain (US survey) [ch] | 10.00002 link [li] |
| 1 chain (US survey) [ch] | 100.0002 link [li] |
| 2 chain (US survey) [ch] | 200.000400001 link [li] |
| 3 chain (US survey) [ch] | 300.000600001 link [li] |
| 5 chain (US survey) [ch] | 500.001000002 link [li] |
| 10 chain (US survey) [ch] | 1000.002 link [li] |
| 20 chain (US survey) [ch] | 2000.00400001 link [li] |
| 50 chain (US survey) [ch] | 5000.01000002 link [li] |
| 100 chain (US survey) [ch] | 10000.02 link [li] |
| 1000 chain (US survey) [ch] | 100000.2 link [li] |
How to Convert chain (US survey) [ch] to link [li]
1 chain (US survey) [ch] = 100.0002000004 link [li]
1 link [li] = 0.0099999800000002 chain (US survey) [ch]
Example: convert 15 chain (US survey) [ch] to link [li]:
15 × 100.0002000004 = 1500.003000006 link [li]