Size of one board?

[Hobo_Al]

What are the dimensions of one board, when using Scale 1:1?

Thank you in advance,
Al

 

[JCitron]

Al,

The scale is 1:1 and the boards are 720 meters x 720 meters

Each square is 10 x 10 meters unless you use the 5 x 5 grid, then it's doubled.

John

 

[Hobo_Al]

That was a FAST response!

That was a FAST response! Thank you John.
Now I have to start using my meter->yard converter a lot more.

-Al

 

[StorkNest]

I save this in a file called Scale.TXT

Baseboard scale measurements

Real 2402.3 feet 720.7 metres
G 106.8 feet 32 metres
1/2 100.1 feet 30 metres
#1 75.1 feet 22.5 metres
O 50 feet 15 metres
S 37.2 feet 11.2 metres
OO 31.5 feet 9.5 metres
HO 27.6 feet 8.3 metres
TT 20 feet 6 metres
N 15 feet 4.5 metres
Z 10.9 feet 3.3 metres

Square scale measurements

Real 33.37 feet 10.01 metres
G 1.48 feet 0.44 metres
1/2 1.4 feet 0.41 metres
#1 1.04 feet 0.31 metres
O 0.69 feet 0.21 metres
S 0.52 feet 0.16 metres
OO 0.44 feet 0.13 metres
HO 0.38 feet 0.12 metres
TT 0.28 feet 0.08 metres
N 0.21 feet 0.06 metres
Z 0.15 feet 0.05 metres

This too, got it off several websites (~ means about).

City Blocks

Average ~9x9 squares; range ~8x8 to ~11x11
Portland ~8x8 squares
Houston ~10x10 squares
Sacramento ~12x12 squares
Chicago ~14x14 squares
Manhattan ~8x27 squares
Melbourne ~20x10 squares

 

[Hobo_Al]

Very Cool!

Very cool Stork! You've saved me some considerable time. I'm going to put this into a handy file also.

-Al

P.S. The city blocks sizes are fascinating. Melbourne wins!