Re: Feature request: info about elevation

[Jonas Danielsson <the sator gmail com>]

So we haven't really decided _if_ we want this.

One thing that speaks for it is that the tag is not used _all_ that much.
So when we encounter an ele= tag in OSM and show it in Maps it is most
probably on
sone object where elevation matters. Such as an hill or a mountain. So
it will not clutter up the bubbles
all that much.

Jonas

2015-01-18 13:09 GMT+01:00 Jonas Danielsson <the sator gmail com>:
> 2015-01-18 11:59 GMT+01:00 Paolo Leoni <paolo leoni84 yahoo it>:
> > I saw the screencast you made and...it's wonderful!
> > Thank you for your effort! :-)
>
>
> Great!
>
> > So, could I help you adding some elevation tag for some important places?
> >
> > Can I do it using OpenStreetMap website?
>
> Yes, you can do it from the OpenStreetMap website. You need to get an account
> and then you can use the in-browser editor to modify and add points
> and relations.
> We have plans to add editing of place data to GNOME Maps as well, but
> that is something
> to look forward to for 3.18 rather than 3.16
>
> > Thank you!
> > Paolo
>
> Jonas
> > 2015-01-17 15:40 GMT+01:00 Jonas Danielsson <the sator gmail com>:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Thank you for the reminder!
> > >
> > > We currently use OpenStreetMap to get open map data. And they record
> > > points as latitude/longitude.
> > > For altitude they rely on tagging by us users, using the "ele" tag,
> > > see: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Altitude
> > >
> > > We have started using the Overpass API to get more information, and it
> > > would be entirely possible for us to get the ele-tag, where it exists.
> > > I have no idea how many places has the tag set. But if we start
> > > including it maybe you can help out by adding it to places? :)
> > >
> > >
> > > Example of place with the ele= tag:
> > >
> > > http://overpass.osm.rambler.ru/cgi/interpreter?data=[out:json];node[name%3DBreithorn]%3Bout%3B
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Jonas
> > >
> > > 2015-01-17 12:26 GMT+01:00 Paolo Leoni <paolo leoni84 yahoo it>:
> > > > Any chance to have this little/big feature implemented in Gnome Maps
> > > > 3.16?
> > > > ;-)
> > > >
> > > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=729404
> > > >
> > > > I'm pretty sure that many users wolud be happy with this feature...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Paolo
> > > >
> > > > 2014-05-24 0:59 GMT+02:00 Paolo Leoni <ulixes84 yahoo it>:
> > > > > That's right.
> > > > > Indeed, it would be a good improvement for every not-car movement.
> > > > >
> > > > > What do you think?
> > > > >
> > > > > Btw, thank you all.
> > > > >
> > > > > Paolo
> > > > >
> > > > > Il 22/mag/2014 15:03 "Mattias Bengtsson"
> > > > > <mattias jc bengtsson gmail com>
> > > > > ha scritto:
> > > > > > Den 22 maj 2014 14:37 skrev "Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)"
> > > > > > <zeeshanak gnome org>:
> > > > > > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Andreas Nilsson
> > > > > > > <lists andreasn se>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > For someone who's more of a noob regards to OSM. What does
> > > > > > > > elevation
> > > > > > > > mean?
> > > > > > > > How high up something is?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Yes. :)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > How would it be used? In what situations does it help me as a
> > > > > > > > user?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I don't know really, planning a glide or basejump? :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > One thing that /might/ (I say might because I don't want us to focus
> > > > > > on
> > > > > > too many fringe cases) is showing elevation graphs for bicycle- and
> > > > > > pedestrian routes when we get alternate routes. Graphhopper provides
> > > > > > this
> > > > > > data.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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