[Geowanking]Altitude, yep

[Ben Discoe]

Always in Meters is the one true path.  The VTP software and formats let you
use any horizontal CS in the world, but vertical is Always in Meters.  If
the user want to see feet in their GUI, fine, but don't muddy storage with
such things.

As for what to do in the absence of elevation, that would be a rather
app-dependent decision.

-Ben

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geowanking-admin at lists.burri.to
> [mailto:geowanking-admin at lists.burri.to]On Behalf Of Daniel Smith
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 7:26 PM
> To: geowanking at lists.burri.to
> Subject: [Geowanking]Altitude, yep
>
> I've been thinking about the Altitude component of
> ThereThen addresses.  I almost dropped it entirely, but
> decided instead to say "always in meters":
> http://javajoint.com/archives/categories/webtech/index.html
>
> How are others handling altitude in their apps?  Ignore
> it?  Pretend the whole world does feet?  meters?
> What do you do for a default when no altitude is
> specified?
>
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> Daniel L. Smith - Sonoma County, CA - AIM: SonomaDaniel
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