[Tagging] Elevation in Feet as part of Peak Names

[Richard Welty]

On 9/8/17 7:08 AM, ael wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 03:31:37PM -0600, Mike Thompson wrote:
>> User Raymo853 and I are having a friendly discussion on changeset
>> 50470413[1]. He has been adding the elevation of mountain peaks (in feet)
>> to the name tag. For example, he changed "Crown Point" to "Crown Point
>> 11,463 ft."[2] While the wiki doesn't specifically address the issue of
>> elevation as part of a peak name, it does say "Name is the name only"[3].
>>
>> Could we get feedback from the wider community on this?
> +10 for elevation only in the ele tag.
>
> As surveying improves or plate tectonics changes, it would be ridiculous
> to change the name rather than just the elevation.
adding the elevation to the name tag makes life far more difficult for data
consumers. don't do it.

richard

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