On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 10:12 PM, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote:

> It seems to assume a default uncertainty on values, though: I just added
> the elevation above sea level to:
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1513315
> just specifying the central value, and it assumes that this value is +-
> 0.1 km - which isn't a good assumption to make...
>

Did you mean to write 2.80 km about sea level? Then the error would be 0.01
km .... I am guessing the uncertainty follows the scientific notation of
the number... 2.8 has the numeric uncertainty of (about) +/- 0.1...

That sounds like a reasonable approach to me...

Egon

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