On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected] > wrote:
> > > FWIW, for most usages of these ele values it doesn't really matter if a > value is 20 meters more or less, they are used to get a rough idea, not to > be used in calculations where a meter more or less is important, i.e. this > discussion is mostly theoretical... > > I generally agree, with the exception of summits. Hikers / "Peak Baggers" [1] do care about the "official" elevation of mountains. I think OSM should - in these cases - match official government surveys where available. The particular datum is not important, as long as it is known, as someone making a map from OSM can convert to the datum they are interested in. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_bagging
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