On 12.08.2013 22:21, Alberto wrote: > The percent sign % or degree sign ° should always be specified in OSM, > otherwise the risk of ambiguities is too high. > Anyway, on scientific side, if you express a ratio in percentage you must > always postpone the % sign. Ratio is a pure number, true, but if you don't > use the % notation, 10% must be written 0.10, 15% becomes 0.15 and 100% > becomes 1.00. > If you write 10 without % it does not mean a ratio of 10% but 1000%.
Thanks Alberto You are totally right. My conclusion so far: * do not talk about a unit * always use percentage or degree sign * if you ommit the percentage sign you should write the true value (.10 or .08) Can we state this on the wiki and bring it to the editors ? Cheers fly _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
