mlagally
commented
6 years ago I agree, we should include altitude and depth and make all 3 optional.
However I would discourage the use of altitude, since it talks about mean sea level which is not a worldwide identical reference point. See: https://www.science20.com/news_articles/what_happens_bridge_when_one_side_uses_mediterranean_sea_level_and_another_north_sea-121600
"height" in ISO 6709 is pretty loose in its interpretation, while "altitude" is specific in the same way that "latitude" and "longitude" are specific. I think "altitude" is a better fit here.
In addition, we shouldn't require all three values if any one value is available. Many devices can give lat/lon but not altitude, or vice versa. If we're going to define loc_altitude, we should define loc_height and loc_depth as well, and make those three values optional.