Units

VeRoViz uses specific strings to denote units for the output values from different functions (e.g., for distance, time and area). All abbreviation below are case insensitive.

For input values, the units are defined in the names of fields (e.g., units of ‘speedMPS’ are [meters per second]).

Distance Units

Units	Valid VeRoViz Abbreviations
Meters (default)	‘meters’, ‘m’
Kilometers	‘kilometers’, ‘km’
Miles	‘miles’, ‘mi’
Feet	‘feet’, ‘ft’
Nautical Miles	‘nm’, ‘nmi’

Time Units

Units	Valid VeRoViz Abbreviations
Seconds (default)	‘seconds’, ‘sec’, ‘s’
Minutes	‘minutes’, ‘min’
Hours	‘hours’, ‘h’

Area Units

Units	Valid VeRoViz Abbreviations
Square meters	‘sqm’, ‘sqmeters’, ‘sm’
Square feet	‘sqft’, ‘sqfeet’, ‘sf’
Square miles	‘sqmi’, ‘sqmiles’, ‘smi’
Square kilometers	‘sqkm’, ‘sqkilometers’, ‘skm’

VeRoViz provides utility functions to help the user transform units. See convertDistance(), convertTime(), convertSpeed() and convertArea()