Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - Documenting feet as an an optional elevation unit

2024-01-28 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
In regard to "exact" accuracy, spotted this article a few weeks ago in regard to the Japanese earthquake: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/noto-peninsula-earthquake/20240111-161375/ 70cm / 28" to 2m / 6'6" horizontal & 3cm / 1.25" to 1.3m / 4'4" vertical movement! :-( Thanks Graeme On

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - Documenting feet as an an optional elevation unit

2024-01-28 Thread Kevin Kenny
On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 7:06 PM Greg Troxel wrote: > As someone not happy about the deprecation of mailinglists, a few brief > comments here: > > First, I think this proposal is fine, as documenting widespread > practice. Regardless of my further comments, I think it's solidly > progress

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - Documenting feet as an an optional elevation unit

2024-01-28 Thread Peter Neale via Tagging
0.3048 m according to my ConvertPad app on my phone - and according to Wikipedia (so that must be true!) Regards,Peter (PeterPann99) On Sunday, 28 January 2024 at 19:36:06 GMT, Philip Barnes wrote: The legal definition of a foot is of course  0.348 m. "Since an international

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - Documenting feet as an an optional elevation unit

2024-01-28 Thread Philip Barnes
The legal definition of a foot is of course 0.348 m. "Since an international agreement in 1959, the foot is defined as equal to exactly 0.3048 metres'. Phil (trigpoint) On 28 January 2024 18:57:45 GMT, Minh Nguyen wrote: >Vào lúc 04:08 2024-01-28, Greg Troxel đã viết: >> Minh Nguyen

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - Documenting feet as an an optional elevation unit

2024-01-28 Thread Minh Nguyen
Vào lúc 04:08 2024-01-28, Greg Troxel đã viết: Minh Nguyen writes: Vào lúc 19:50 2024-01-27, Brian M. Sperlongano đã viết: Uh so I did the math, and unless I've got this wrong, the difference between survey feet and international feet for tagging, let's say, Mount Everest, is less than seven

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - Documenting feet as an an optional elevation unit

2024-01-28 Thread Greg Troxel
Minh Nguyen writes: > Vào lúc 19:50 2024-01-27, Brian M. Sperlongano đã viết: >> Uh so I did the math, and unless I've got this wrong, the difference >> between survey feet and international feet for tagging, let's say, >> Mount Everest, is less than seven one-hundredths of an inch.  So I'm >>