[OSM-talk] upload from cvs

[Ulf Lamping]

John Smith schrieb:
> 2009/9/12 Sarah Hoffmann <lonvia at denofr.de>:
> 
>> I dare say that most of the ele tags in Switzerland are taken from
>> the hiking posts at the moment, so I'd keep the CH1903 data for
>> consistency. Maybe we should add a note in the wiki somewhere?
> 
> Actually that would make the data inconsistent with the rest of OSM
> then, wouldn't it be better to do ele=* for WGS84 and ele:ch1903=* ?

Question is: Is the assumption that ele is based on WGS84 any good?

I mean, ele is not meant to replace SRTM or other sort of elevation models.

ele is used (at least be me?) to tag specific places (e.g. in the alps) 
that intentionally has an elevation information.

That might be a mountain_pass, summit or alike where you can find a sign 
saying: "Stilfser Joch / 2758m". At least to me it doesn't matter what 
that information is based on (it should only differ in a few meters anyway).

This information is what you find "on the ground".

Regards, ULFL