database of unit conversion factors?

[vshah]

Does anyone know where I might find a database of unit conversion factors for different categories of units? Distance, mass, temperature, viscosity, etc.

the jscience library contains the conversion information for many units, but i can't easily extract them for storage.

thanks,
Vivan

[Bulldog13]

It would depend on required precision, no ?
Also, which database are you using ?

[Aluvus]

units is a Unixy program for converting between units. It comes with a simple config file that defines a large number of conversion factors.

[vshah]

Originally Posted by Bulldog13

It would depend on required precision, no ?
Also, which database are you using ?

Probably mysql as that's what I'm most familiar with.


Thanks alvus , I'll check out the units datafile

[Leros]

Do you need it in database form? Would a code library suffice?