> For example, a 45° slope is the same thing as a 50% slope. Not to get too technical, but I believe that a 45 degree angle is equivalent to a 100% grade [1]
Mike [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(slope) On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 3:02 PM, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com>wrote: > It has units in the sense that expressing the slope in percentage will > give a different number than expressing it in degrees, for any value other > than zero (completely level). For example, a 45° slope is the same thing > as a 50% slope. > > > ael <law_ence....@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 08:38:49PM +0200, fly wrote: > > > Hey > > > > > > In the wiki [1] it is written that the default unit for "incline=*" > > is > > > "%". Still I find almost non values without a unit with taginfo [2]. > > > > > > Well, should we suggest to always use a unit or do we need to take > > care > > > that at least presets do not suggest to add the default unit ? > > > > Well, it is a dimensionless quantity, so it doesn't have "units". > > > > What did you really mean? > > > > ael > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com > "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: > only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do > that." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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