Measuring distance by walking is pretty common, but I don't think making strides of 1 m is common, lol. Usual stride is about 0.7-0.8 m, 1 m is pretty huge and

Measuring distance by walking is pretty common, but I don't think making strides of 1 m is common, lol. Usual stride is about 0.7-0.8 m, 1 m is pretty huge and uncomfortable unless you are really tall with long legs. You just know what is your average stride and do the calculations. I've never seen any country folks do distance measurement by placing their feet one in front of the other. So, yeah, I guess only people who do that must be huge fans of imperial system with (quite uncommon) foot length of 1 imperial foot.