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=Elevation examples=

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

== Contributors ==
* [http://www.aetherworld.org/ Alexander Graf], [http://www.deri.at/ DERI Innsbruck]
* [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]

==Examples==

=== State High Points ===
*http://www.waypoint.org/gps2-list210.html

<pre><nowiki>

<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&deg; 35'N,<br>118&deg; 17'W</td>

          <td>36&deg; 34.721'N,<br>118&deg; 17.466'W</td>
          <td>CA Mt. Whitney 1:24,000, Mt. Langley 1:24,000</td>
        </tr>
</nowiki></pre>

=== 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. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avers Avers]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Argentina volcanoes in Argentina]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Infobox_Telescope telescopes]
*Used (as "height") by PoI66 in GPS tracks, e.g [http://www.poi66.com/maps/show_earth.php?album=wip&lat=35.58756&lon=27.06803&extent=0.1&title=Beach%20van%20Lefkos%20]
*Used by Great Circle Mapper, e.g [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/BHX BHX]
*Used by UK Govt. Met Office 
**as "AMSL" = height Above Mean Sea Level e.g. [http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19611990/sites/penkridge.html Penkridge Weather station]
** as "Altitude above mean sea level" e.g. [http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wm/coleshill_latest_weather.html Coleshill Latest Weather]
*[http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/ GPS Visualizer] - plots waypoints with altitudes as a [http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/profile profile] ([http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/examples/profile_biking_uc.gif example profile])

== See Also ==
{{geo-related-pages}}