Talk:BRGINF

jens 11:32, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
However it will look, it should be a string. Although it is very tempting to say it can be numeric like 256 (degrees), I checked several image title saying "in xx bearing" others say "from xx". Both is opposite. It seems to be also impossible to specify what kind of bearing it will be; in SW or from SW or something else. So, string is fine, I guess.

jens 15:39, 19 February 2012 (UTC)Folllowing dicussion came up at SNPWG14. Bearing information stored ar string can not sufficiently accessed by software. Better would be to provide more options; e.g. degrees, cardinal directions, sector and strings. The cardinal directions should be coded in 16 values.
Is it feasable to replace the current string by a complex attribute which allows access to several options if applicable?
Meatime I will develop an attribute for the cardinal directions CARDIR.
It was further agreed that the direction should be given from the observers point.