Zeroclickinfo-goodies: Conversions: Trigger mph to kmh conversion
These don't trigger unless you change it to "kmph":
55 mph in kmh
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=55%20mph%20in%20kmh&kp=1&kad=wt_WT&kl=wt-wt
661 mph to km/h
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=661%20mph%20to%20km%2Fh&kp=1&kad=wt_WT&kl=wt-wt
IA Page: http://duck.co/ia/view/conversions
Maintainer: @mintsoft
bsstoner
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I'll sort out km/h; but kmh isn't the same thing, that'd be Kilometer-Hours.
mintsoft
on 22 Jan 2017
Actually km/h already works?
mintsoft
on 22 Jan 2017
Nice, km/h does seem to work now, strange.
Do you think it's fair to say that most people mean kmph though? Or could we use the presence of mph as a hint?
bsstoner
on 24 Jan 2017
Given that kph works I'm inclined to say no. I've never seen anyone use "kmh" to mean km/h or kph and both km/h and kph work.
mintsoft
on 25 Jan 2017
I could not find any reference to "kmh" as a unit of speed. Not on wikipedia nor anywhere else listing SI units of speed.
LoveIsGrief
on 1 Feb 2017
It's not a matter of whether it is an "official" measure of speed, people are typing it into a search engine and expecting an answer. Google gives them the answer, we don't. The example above is from a real user.
bsstoner
on 1 Feb 2017
Google gives them the answer, we don't. The example above is from a real user.
Hmm, personally I'd say that Google is wrong here. Google tends to substitute its own judgement in place of the users; possibly the biggest reason I switched to DDG is that it didn't. That is, however, a matter of opinion.
It is probably worth noting that google has actually autocorrected "kmh" to "kph", it doesn't 'think' that kmh is a unit of velocity. We don't currently have a way of applying query autocorrection into an IA; I think that would be a better way to implement it in general, rather than cluttering up IA's with incorrect/misleading information.
mintsoft
on 2 Feb 2017
@mintsoft I support your point. This IA do what it is made for and since I am from Asia generally people here use kmph or km/h instead of _mph_ to refer speed, they don't use kph or kmh at all. Infact this is the first time I had heard someone saying kmh to mean kmph
adityatandon007
on 7 Mar 2017
Looks like this problem has been solved.
Feel free to introduce some additional aliases or add them to the edge cases issue.
pjhampton
on 31 Jul 2017
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Hmm, personally I'd say that Google is wrong here. Google tends to substitute its own judgement in place of the users; possibly the biggest reason I switched to DDG is that it didn't. That is, however, a matter of opinion.
It is probably worth noting that google has actually autocorrected "kmh" to "kph", it doesn't 'think' that kmh is a unit of velocity. We don't currently have a way of applying query autocorrection into an IA; I think that would be a better way to implement it in general, rather than cluttering up IA's with incorrect/misleading information.