geo-elevation-examples

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Elevation examples

Examples of published elevations (also known as "altitude" or "height") to support the proposed elevation extension to the Geo microformat.

Contributors

• Alexander Graf, DERI Innsbruck
• Andy Mabbett

Examples

State High Points

• http://www.waypoint.org/gps2-list210.html

<tr>
          <th>Abbr</th>
          <th>Date</th>
          <th>State</th>
          <th>Location</th>
          <th>Altitude</th>
          <th>Lat/Long</th>
          <th>GPS Coords</th>
          <th>Topo quad</th>

</tr>

<tr>
          <td>CA</td>
          <td><a href="./batting.500/">7/2/2001</a></td>
          <td><a href="./batting.500/">California</a></td>
          <td>Mount Whitney</td>
          <td>14,494</td>
          <td>36° 35'N,<br>118° 17'W</td>

          <td>36° 34.721'N,<br>118° 17.466'W</td>
          <td>CA Mt. Whitney 1:24,000, Mt. Langley 1:24,000</td>
        </tr>

Nepal GPS Waypoints

• http://gpsnepal.com/waypoint.php?trek=everest

Waypoints Netherland

• http://www.way-points.nl/waypoints/rubriek.asp?cat=2&type=rubriek

Misc

• Used by Wikipedia e.g. Avers; volcanoes in Argentina; telescopes
• Used (as "height") by PoI66 in GPS tracks, e.g [1]
• Used by Great Circle Mapper, e.g BHX
• Used by UK Govt. Met Office
  • as "AMSL" = height Above Mean Sea Level e.g. Penkridge Weather station
  • as "Altitude above mean sea level" e.g. Coleshill Latest Weather
• GPS Visualizer - plots waypoints with altitudes as a profile (example profile)

See Also

• Geo
• Geo cheatsheet
• Geo examples
• geo formats - previous/other attempts at geo related formats
• Geo brainstorming - brainstorms and other explorations relating to Geo (and Geo in hCard).
  • see also hCard brainstorming
• Geo advocacy - encourage others to use Geo.
• Geo examples in the wild
• Geo forms part of hcard, so please use:
  • hCard FAQ. If you have any questions about Geo, check the hCard FAQ.
  • hCard feedback
  • hCard issues
• location-formats - research which led to the development of Geo.
• proposed extensions
  • geo-extension-nonWGS84 - extend Geo for representing coordinates on other planets, moons etc.; and for other terrestrial schema
  • geo-extension-waypoints - extend Geo for representing: sets of waypoints; tracks; routes; and boundaries
• Geo profile - draft