Ku ya 20 Gicurasi 1875, ibihugu 17 byashyize umukono ku "masezerano ya metero" i Paris mu Bufaransa, iyi ni ku rwego mpuzamahanga ku rwego mpuzamahanga rw’imitwe mpuzamahanga kandi ikemeza ko ibipimo byo gupima bihuye n'amasezerano ya guverinoma.1999 Ku ya 11 kugeza ku ya 15 Ukwakira, inama ya 21 y’inama rusange y’ibipimo n’ibipimo byabereye i Paris mu Bufaransa, ibiro mpuzamahanga by’ibipimo by’ibipimo by’ubufaransa byakozwe mu rwego rwo kumvisha guverinoma n’abaturage gusobanukirwa ibipimo, gushishikariza no guteza imbere iterambere ry’ibihugu mu rwego rwo gupima , gushimangira ibihugu mu rwego rwo gupima ihererekanyabubasha n’ubufatanye mpuzamahanga, inteko rusange igena buri mwaka ku ya 20 Gicurasi ku munsi w’ibipimo by’isi ndetse no kwemerwa n’umuryango mpuzamahanga w’ibipimo byemewe n'amategeko.
Mubuzima busanzwe, akazi, igihe cyo gupima kibaho, gupima ninkunga yiterambere ryimibereho, ubukungu nubumenyi na tekinoloji yurufatiro rukomeye.Ibipimo bigezweho birimo gupima siyanse, gupima amategeko byemewe no gupima ubwubatsi.Ibipimo bya siyansi niterambere no gushiraho ibikoresho bisanzwe bipima, bitanga ihererekanyabubasha nifatizo ryikurikiranwa;metrologiya yemewe nubuzima bwabaturage bwibikoresho byingenzi byo gupima n’imyitwarire yo gupima ibicuruzwa hakurikijwe ubugenzuzi bw’amategeko, kugira ngo harebwe niba bijyanye n’agaciro keza;gupima ubwubatsi nibindi bikorwa byo gupima umuryango wose agaciro gakurikiranwa bitanga serivisi za kalibrasi no kugerageza.Umuntu wese akeneye gupima, buri gihe ntaho atandukaniye no gupimwa, burimwaka uyumunsi, ibihugu byinshi bizajya muburyo butandukanye bwo kwishimira, nko kwitabira gupima, kandi kubaturage cyane cyane abanyeshuri bato bafungura laboratoire ya metero, imurikagurisha ryibipimo, ibinyamakuru na ibinyamakuru, gufungura inkingi, byasohoye ikibazo kidasanzwe, kumenyekanisha gupima ubumenyi, gushimangira poropagande yo gupima, gukangurira abaturage bose impungenge, gupima, gupima iterambere ry’ubumenyi n’ikoranabuhanga n’ubukungu bw’igihugu bigira uruhare runini .Insanganyamatsiko yumunsi wibipimo byisi byuyu mwaka ni "gupima numucyo", byateguwe hafi yibikorwa byinsanganyamatsiko, kandi kunshuro yambere byatanze kashe yo kwibuka "umunsi wa metero yisi".
"Umunsi w'isi ku isi" utuma abantu bamenya gupima kuba ku ntera nshya, n'ingaruka zo gupima sosiyete mu cyiciro gishya.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Nzeri-21-2022
