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[bill cobbett]

Speaking of four dimensions leads me to something that worries me about measuring land areas in somewhere like the more hilly areas of Cyprus. I would say that the third dimension ( the up/down one) becomes important.

Is the land area the area within a hypothetically flat surface bounded by a perimeter of appropriate length? In the example of a hectare that would be a boundary, if it were square, of 100m x 100m but in cases where the ground enclosed by this perimeter were undulating, you could make a case that this square contained more than a hectare.

I wonder whether this might explain why our beloved property developers are sometimes a bit optimistic when it comes to land area.

[devil]

An interesting point. I'll ask my grandson who is apprenticed to a surveyor.

[Radio]

devil,

To explain: it depends on the order of the words:

If someone has a plot of say 1,000 sq, yards - whatever the shape of the plot - that is the total area i.e. 1,000 sq. yards.

However , if the plot was described as being 1,000 yards square, that means it measures 1,000 by 1,000 i.e. 1,000,000 sq. yards.

[devil]

Speaking of four dimensions leads me to something that worries me about measuring land areas in somewhere like the more hilly areas of Cyprus. I would say that the third dimension ( the up/down one) becomes important.

Is the land area the area within a hypothetically flat surface bounded by a perimeter of appropriate length? In the example of a hectare that would be a boundary, if it were square, of 100m x 100m but in cases where the ground enclosed by this perimeter were undulating, you could make a case that this square contained more than a hectare.

I wonder whether this might explain why our beloved property developers are sometimes a bit optimistic when it comes to land area.

My grandson's answer:
Well land is sold "by square meter" but it's always calculated from a plan so it would be 10'000 m2...
But it's a good question for sloping mountain lands, I guess it's the same...

Hope that's the answer you wanted.

[devil]

devil,

To explain: it depends on the order of the words:

If someone has a plot of say 1,000 sq, yards - whatever the shape of the plot - that is the total area i.e. 1,000 sq. yards.

However , if the plot was described as being 1,000 yards square, that means it measures 1,000 by 1,000 i.e. 1,000,000 sq. yards.

You haven't got it. An acre - or a hectare - is an area, not a linear dimension. You simply cannot have a square acre, as that would take it to the fourth dimension. You cannot have a square square foot, either, can you? A (m²)² is geometrically impossible.

[Radio]

devil,


Yes, an acre is a measurement of area (as are sq. metres, kms etc.)

Why can you not have a square plot of land that encompasses an area equating to an acre ?. After all an acre can be any shape.

The original question related to a square area.

p.s. The 'old spice' quip was quick !

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[devil]

devil,


Yes, an acre is a measurement of area (as are sq. metres, kms etc.)

Why can you not have a square plot of land that encompasses an area equating to an acre ?. After all an acre can be any shape.

The original question related to a square area.

p.s. The 'old spice' quip was quick !

You could have a square plot of one acre, of course, but I reiterate, it is not a square acre.

[RichardB]

This thread is really educational...........

..........Totally lost me though

[Eliko]

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Whereupon the father gave his son a good kick in the bollocks and said,
" There you are now son, there's a couple of achers for you to start off with!"