[OSM-talk] Maxheight changes

Steve Bennett stevagewp at gmail.com
Fri Jan 1 13:25:04 GMT 2010


On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:

> I don't why he feels the need to do this, it seems a pointless task, but
> why do you think it reduces accuracy to remove trailing zeros?
>
> 2m =2.0m
>
>
It reduces *indication of accuracy*.

There's a difference between "I measured that bridge, and it's 2 metres
high" and "I measured that bridge, and it's 2.000 metres high". If the
signposted maximum height under the bridge is 2.0m, it should be recorded as
2.0, not as 2. Especially since for such things, 10 centimetres here or
there is pretty significant.

Steve
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