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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/05/2015 10:52 AM, Andrew
Errington wrote:<br>
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Yes, I object.
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<div>level=* is an "internal" value. Its meaning is absolute,
which is necessary because it is used worldwide.</div>
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<div>When the value is displayed, the displaying software should
localise the result according to either the viewer's language,
or viewer's location. Perhaps you are not aware that in some
places what British people call "ground floor" is called "first
floor". However, it is still the same floor, so it's
appropriate to tag it the same (level=0).</div>
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<div>The numbers are not meaningless. They are clearly defined in
the wiki.</div>
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<div>Best wishes,</div>
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<div>Andrew</div>
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On Monday, 25 May 2015, pmailkeey . <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:pmailkeey@googlemail.com">pmailkeey@googlemail.com</a>>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Any objection if I 'rewrite <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:level"
target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:level</a>
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<div class="gmail_extra">It seems to have been written with
the misconception that floor names are numbers when
they're not.</div>
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One group of buildings I know ... level 1 is the ground floor ..
the buildings are 'named' by a letter as a prefix ... thus A211
would be building A , 2nd level (one floor above ground) and
room/area 11. <br>
Thus it does not follow the OSM level numbering system of ground
floor = level 0. <br>
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See<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Simple_Indoor_Tagging">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Simple_Indoor_Tagging</a> for
more on string values. <br>
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A person seeking something on level "henry" will not recognise OSM
level numbers ... they want the name.. <br>
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If OSM does not use names, but they are used within the wanted
building .. then there will need to be a declared relationship
between the two. <br>
So there needs to be a relation between the names used locally to
the OSM level=number ?<br>
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If OSM uses names then OSM will need a relationship between the
names and which one is 'ground' and there respective order. <br>
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So? A new tag to relate one to the other?<br>
level:name=1:henry ? <br>
the wiki <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:level#String_values">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:level#String_values</a>
has a mention of string values .. but NO real way of adding them in
a usefull way.. <br>
nor is there any indication of how to use these tag on a map... as
in rendering. <br>
For the given example above the indoor map should display the level
name .. not the number .. <br>
And this could be used where the level numbering is not that used by
OSM .. but using the level:name=0:1 could correctly display the
correct local number wile retaining the OSM level system. <br>
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Indoor .. a GPS will not be of much use .. so the 'indoor map' will
need to be a good representation of what goes on. <br>
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