[OSM-talk] newbie question related to "ele" (elevation)

[Tom Hughes]

Madhav Vodnala wrote:

> There use to be "ele" tag for nodes. I exported a small area into an OSM 
> file today and I do not see "ele" tag anymore. Is that removed?.

Presumably because nobody felt like tagging any of the nodes in the area 
you downloaded with that tag. There are no restrictions on what tags you 
can add so it's entirely up to you whether you add an ele tag to something.

I would only expect to see it on things like mountain peaks or other 
objects where the elevation is of some specific interest, so in most 
areas you download you probably won't see any.

Tom

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