[Talk-us] Elevation in local units

[Richard Welty]

On 3/25/15 1:43 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
>
>   * I feel that osm convention should encourage all mappers to specify
>     units (e.g. 22 m).
>   * That whitespace should be allowed (e.g. 22m, 22 m, or even 22 meters).
>   * And that local units should be encouraged (e.g. 22 feet, or 22' 0").
>
> The wiki templates, if spruced up, could define the rules uniformly
> for all keys that take a measurement unit
> (e.g. height, width, ele, max_height, etc).
+1

don't wait for all the consumers to catch up; you'll be waiting forever.

richard

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