<div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Ralf Schlatterbeck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rsc@runtux.com" target="_blank">rsc@runtux.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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- The elev in the Node in Federicos model is the height of the Node<br>
above ground? We also have this as an optional attribute "height" in<br>
"position". Nicolás also has this as elevation.<br>
The term "elevation" might clash with the term "elevation angle" for<br>
antennas... we name this "elevation" and it is an attribute of the<br>
Antenna. (But it might mean we should rename our antenna attribute)</div></blockquote><div> </div></div>"Altitude (Alt), sometimes referred to as elevation," [0]<br><br>While elevation is a valid alternative, maybe "altitude" is less ambiguous?<br>
<br>Words are tricky...<br><br>Maybe even avoid elevation [1] altogether? (neither for altitude above horizon, or for height above ground)<br><br>How about "metres above mean sea level" (amsl) [2]<br>In spanish (metros sobre el nivel del mar) is the most common way of unambiguously describing height<br>
<br>[0]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_coordinate_system" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_coordinate_system</a><br>[1]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation_%28disambiguation%29" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation_%28disambiguation%29</a><br>
[2]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Above_mean_sea_level" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Above_mean_sea_level</a><br></div>