<div dir="ltr"><div>> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">For example, a 45° slope is the same thing as a 50% slope. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Not to get too technical, but I believe that a 45 degree angle is equivalent to a 100% grade [1]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></div><div>Mike</div><div><br></div>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(slope)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(slope)</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 3:02 PM, John F. Eldredge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@jfeldredge.com" target="_blank">john@jfeldredge.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It has units in the sense that expressing the slope in percentage will give a different number than expressing it in degrees, for any value other than zero (completely level). For example, a 45° slope is the same thing as a 50% slope.<br>
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ael <<a href="mailto:law_ence.dev@ntlworld.com">law_ence.dev@ntlworld.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 08:38:49PM +0200, fly wrote:<br>
> > Hey<br>
> ><br>
> > In the wiki [1] it is written that the default unit for "incline=*"<br>
> is<br>
> > "%". Still I find almost non values without a unit with taginfo [2].<br>
> ><br>
> > Well, should we suggest to always use a unit or do we need to take<br>
> care<br>
> > that at least presets do not suggest to add the default unit ?<br>
><br>
> Well, it is a dimensionless quantity, so it doesn't have "units".<br>
><br>
> What did you really mean?<br>
><br>
> ael<br>
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