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

[Madhav Vodnala]

FabrizioThanks. I think thats the right approach. Am going to look into it
in detail. From the
outside it looks the data format is somewhat complicated.

--Madhav

2009/6/1 Fabrizio Carrai <fabrizio.carrai at gmail.com>

>  Not an expert, but wouldn't be a better approach to use the DEM data ?
> Maybe the accuracy wouldn't be great everywhere but the coverage should be
> more extended.
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> F.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_elevation_model
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> *Inviato:* lunedì 1 giugno 2009 9.24
> *A:* talk at openstreetmap.org
> *Oggetto:* [OSM-talk] newbie question related to "ele" (elevation)
>
>  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?.
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> I saw some discussions around non usefulness of that tag.
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> http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=403
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> My interest in finding elevation of a given location (lat,lon).
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> What is the best way to find that?
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> Thanks
> Madhav
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