unit
Change the units used to specify and label map and UV plane distances.
EXAMPLES
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0>mapunit mas
Distances in the map plane now have units: milli-arcsec.
Distances in the UV plane now have units: mega-wavelengths.
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0>mapunit arcsec
Distances in the map plane now have units: arcsec.
Distances in the UV plane now have units: kilo-wavelengths.
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0>mapunit
Distances in the map plane now have units: arcsec.
Distances in the UV plane now have units: kilo-wavelengths.
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ARGUMENTS
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unit     -   Optional.
             One of the following distance units:
               mas    -  Milli-arcseconds and mega-wavelengths.
               arcsec -  Arcseconds and kilo-wavelengths.
               arcmin -  Arcminutes and kilo-wavelengths.
             If no name is provided, then the current settings are
             reported without modification, as in the third example
             above.

CONTEXT
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VLBI antennas are generally separated by a few million wavelengths and
are sensitive to source structure at the milli-arcsecond scale. The
natural units to express these characteristics are thus
milli-arcseconds in the map plane, and mega-lambda in the UV plane.

Other more compact arrays such as the VLA, generally have baseline
lengths that are more naturally expressed in kilo-wavelengths, and are
sensitive to source structure at the arcsecond scale.

Since there is no one set of units that satisfies all observations,
difmap gives you the choice of a few units. The chosen units refer
both to the units of the arguments to difmap commands, and to how
distances are displayed and labelled by difmap.

Unless the 'mapunits' command is invoked to change the units, difmap
sets the map-plane distance units to milli-arcseconds and the baseline
length units to mega-wavelengths. This reflects difmap's VLBI heritage.