[Tagging] Elevation in Feet as part of Peak Names

[John F. Eldredge]

Also, I doubt anyone in ordinary life refers to a mountain as "Mount 
So-and-So 2000 meters", rather than simply "Mount So-and-So".


On September 8, 2017 8:36:52 AM Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:

> 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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