Is there a reason to use this new tag ele:regional instead of ele:local=* which is already mentioned on the Key:ele page?
"The elevation in a local datum can be tagged as ele:local=*, with elevation specified in metres." https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ele - under "basics" - added back in 2012: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:ele&oldid=811890 -- Joseph Eisenberg On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 1:58 PM Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > sent from a phone > > >> On 4. May 2020, at 18:54, Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com> wrote: > > This really feels like solving a non-problem. If you just put what's > > on the sign in ele, and don't worry about it, that's ok. If somebody > > else actually makes a valid, hard-core measuremnt, and fixes it, even > > better. > > > I thought it could help to have a key which explicitly states that you just took a value from somewhere else, which is probably using a reference that is regionally typical (i.e. you took a height from a sign, normally you will not know which reference is used (sea level of some kind)). When I find signs on the ground with height information I’m always reluctant to add the values as it’s not clear whether I should transform them and if yes, from where to where. The wiki isn’t very clear either. > > When you are making a valid hardcore measurement it would be a pity to throw it into “ele” with its unknown specifics, you’d likely want to be more precise (I agree ele:datum is fine for this) and a specific tag seems also more save from being carelessly modified. > > Cheers Martin > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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