[Tagging] Wiki: Key:level: proposed rewrite

[pmailkeey .]

On 25 May 2015 at 13:55, moltonel 3x Combo <moltonel at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25/05/2015, Michael Reichert <nakaner at gmx.net> wrote:
> > I oppose. Numeric level values can be used to display a building plan
> > layer by layer where higher floors lay over lower floors. Most software
> > which uses level=* at the moment expects that it is a numeric value.
> >
> > Example: https://youtu.be/qcB5CP-IkLg?t=17m12s
> >
> > If a building has named levels, you can still use numbers at OSM. (It's
> > like our usage of layer=*)
>
> +1. There are two distinct needs : enabling software to sort levels
> for rendering and navigation  purposes, and the need to show the
> textual name that humans expect. The "level=*" key is currently used
> for the fist case (otherwise you'd see a lot more text values in
> taginfo).
>
>
Not necessarily as many buildings' floor names are numeric in nature.

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