[Talk-us] Spot elevations collected as natural=peak and name=Point (height in feet)

[Mateusz Konieczny]

If it is a peak then ele=XXX and noname=yes would be OK.

If it is not a peak it should not be present at all - otherwise it opens way to importing
LIDAR data into OSM (and there are datasets with resolution of 5 cm, dumping it
into OSM would be case of unverifiable data making it impossible to edit).

I opened https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/1703462 <https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/1703462> to reduce chance that it will be discussed 
and forgotten.

If this is really used name - then it would be OK but my bet is that this is not an actually used name.

Mar 7, 2019, 7:04 PM by miketho16 at gmail.com:

> It seems that there are a couple of mappers in Colorado US (at least, perhaps mapping in other areas as well) who are adding spot elevations (presumably from USGS Topo maps) to OSM tagging them as 
> natural=peak
> name=Point (elevation in feet)
>
> For example:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4601119717 <https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4601119717>
>
> What does the community think about this?
>
> natural=peak might be ok if said spot elevation is really a local high point (some are not).  The name I am less sure of. If this belongs on the map at all, it should probably have an ele tag, with value in meters.
>

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