I think that, as for elevations, it should default to degrees Celsius. That is, taking the number 20 as a value would mean 20 degrees C. The tag could accept Fahrenheit if the numeric value is followed by a space and the letter F.
Also, no degree symbols please. On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Andrew Errington <[email protected]> wrote: > I think if no unit is specified then it should be taken to mean Celsius > worldwide. To define the unit explicitly use n[.n][C|F]. We should also > state that the degree symbol is not required (and maybe that it should > never be present). > > At least, that's my opinion. > > Andrew > > On 9 April 2015 at 10:33, Bryce Nesbitt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Warin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Please indicate your preference a,b or c. (or d etc if they are >>> nominated?) >>> >> >> Explicit units are better than implicit. >> >> But there still needs to a be a better defined case for a temperature >> tag: there are very few fixed temperatures that >> meet OSM's criteria of verifiable. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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