[OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - incline up down

[Mike Harris]

I'm with Martin on this one - up/down is better than nothing and is useful
in its own right on steps for example. 


Mike Harris

-----Original Message-----
From: Morten Kjeldgaard [mailto:mok at bioxray.au.dk] 
Sent: 21 August 2009 17:11
To: mk at koppenhoefer.com
Cc: talk
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - incline up down


On 21/08/2009, at 03.00, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:

>> Yeah, numeric value is better, but up/down is better than nothing. I 
>> think both should be allowed and within the scope of the proposal.
>
> if you already have good elevation data you can also tag the nodes 
> with ele=xy (but nodes can always be moved, so this data might not be 
> most reliable).

Inclines are easy to calculate if elevation data is available. IMHO tagging
data with incline=* is the wrong solution to an important problem, and it
signals the beginning of an immense and never-ending task of maintaining
hard-to-verify data. It would be much better to work on a proper solution
that involves designing a system for registering topographical data within
street maps.

Cheers,
Morten