Elevation

Elevation

Term

Elevation

Business term

Elevation

Description

The height, in Meter, above (or below) a (fixed) reference point. The reference point can be mean sea level (MSL) or some geographical point. As the reference point is not strictly defined it must be defined where used. NB! For aircraft Altitude is used.

Allowed values

 

Comments

2022-10-26 Unless another reference point is explicitly defined mean sea level should be used. 

Status

Proposed

XML type

Meter

AIRM equivalent

 

AIDM equivalent

 

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