Changeset: 47649816
ele
Closed by timwenzel98
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created_by | iD 2.1.3 |
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host | https://www.openstreetmap.org/id |
imagery_used | Bing aerial imagery |
locale | en-US |
Discussion
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Comment from will_p
Hi,
What is the purpose of adding an elevation for an entire city? To me this usage of the ele tag seems likely to cause confusion, because the ele tag is usually used to provide an accurate elevation at a particular point, whereas this is something much more vague. Many different heights could be entered, depending on how a city's elevation is determined. I can't see any documentation of this usage of the ele tag on the wiki nor do I recall any discussion.
Could you tell me where the data came from and how these elevations where determined.
Will
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Comment from timwenzel98
Hi Will,
thank you for opening the discussion. The elevation for an entire city can be useful in some circumstances when using specific mobile apps (maps.me for instance), i added the official elevation of a town, each for their own measurement. It of course would be nice to have the elevation of more nodes, but cities are a good start.
Tim -
Comment from SomeoneElse
Hi Tim,
Where did you measure the elevation? If you didn't measure it, where did you copy the information from?
Regards,
Andy -
Comment from SK53
There is no such thing as an official elevation of towns/cities in the UK. This seems to be more common in Europe and is indeed often shown on conventional topo maps. In Britain only spot heights are shown.
Adding an ele on an area is furthermore absurd. Elevations in Nottingham vary between around 23-24 at the Trent to around 100 m higher at Mapperley Top.
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