how to measure the square footage of an irregular shaped piece of land?
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enclose the ireegular shape with a rectangle and find the empty spaces. then subtract that with the area of the enclosed rectangle to get ur answer.
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measure your whole roof length times width in feet or meters then call your supplier they will tell you or it should be printed on the package how much area it covers.
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You need to measure the outside walls, not the square footage. Vinyl siding is measured in running feet, not square feet. Measure the length of each of your outside walls, than measure the height of the walls, and include the gabels if your putting siding there, this is very important, especially if you have a split level home. Take these measurements with you to the Home Depot, Sears wherever your buying the siding.
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Mathematical- you need to be able to calculate square footage, roof pitches,etc.\n\nA steady hand-with practice unless you are using CAD ROM programs
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let us assume that you are trying to measure a room :\n\nso you check linear lenghth in one side and then linear length in other side and let us call them as length and width \nassume: \nlength =12 ft\nwidth =10 ft\n\nthen area= length xwidth \nso \narea=12x10=120 square feet.\n\nlinear is  distance \nsquare feet is area.
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you need to use some calculus.\nget an expression for the area \ndifferentiate it\nthen find when it is a maximum.
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The price of a home should not be strictly measured in terms of square footage. The three most important items things are location, location,location.  $35 a square foot next to a crack house is expensive. $35 a square foot in the middle of downtown is a steal.\nWhen in doubt seek professional help and hire an appraiser.
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first find a vicinity plan. \nget a straw(in sodas) and a triangle\nstand on a specific location with the distance of X from the building.\nmake sure to know your height.\ncreate a transit by putting the straw along the hypoteneous of your 45x45 triangle.\nlook through the straw (try to see the zenith of the building) and measure the angle of depression.\nthen, simply apply the law of sines and cosines etc etc.\nthis will not give you exact building height but an instant approximation. this can also be used in finding approximate height of towers, canyons, mountains, and volcanoes.
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a city block is not a standard unit of measurement, so your question cannot be answered accurately.
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Go to the link below.  They will answer the question for you through email.  Also, you may want to get a map with a ruler at the bottom and measure it.
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Using google earth measurement tool\n\nIt is arround 4,096.96 miles (6,593.42 km) exactly to the city
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My best advice is to get the smallest scale map of the area you can find, and use the distance legend to estimate it (you know, like one inch equals 3 miles in the map legend.). Maybe even on Yahoo maps if accuracy isn't that important-best would be a paper map. I can't find the info on the net either.
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Check with your city's housing department or city hall.  You should be able to get a copy of your house's layout or plans.  Something of that nature.
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Here's an idea.  Show them something that's pretty much flat and rectangular, such as piece of stiff carpet or a pad of paper.  Write on the board what the perimeter, area, and volume are.  Have them measure it with a tape measure and come up with the answers that you have.  They'll see that they just have to add for the perimeter but multiply for the area and volume.
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It depends on the type of appraisal.  If the income approach is used the only measurement of square footage you will be using is how much is charged to tenants per square foot.  So either ext. or int. may be used, the main focus is how much income the property recieves.  Look for things called net leasable area or gross leasable area.  In the sales comparison approach they will use other properties to value your property.  One thing they will look at is square footage, whichever measurement they use, ext. or int., they have to use the same measurement on all properties.  In the cost approach they will use both types of measurements because in this approach they are trying to see how much it would cost to replicate the property.  My best advice would be to contact a local appraiser who deals in commercial properties and ask them.  Some of them won't help but after a few calls you'll be able to find someone who will.
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Acre is a measurement of area; therefore it is calculated by multiplying length with breadth. Thus, the word square will always be used. Such as square meter, square yards square inches and square kilometers etc.\nWhile calculating an area of a given place elevation is not taken in account. \nNow, the following table will help you to understand The ACRE you have in mind.\ni) 144 inches = 1 square foot= 12inches multiplied by 12 inches.\nii) 9 square feet = 1 square yard = 3feet multiplied by 3feet. (3feet = 1yard).\niii) 4840 square yards = 1 Acre.Since acre it self is an area measurement only; the word squre is not used
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Try the ntional geoligical survey. Its a web site