Key:railway:position:exact

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Description
Used in addition to railway:position to provide the exact, non-rounded values of a position. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: railways
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
Status: de facto

railway:position:exact=* is used in addition to railway:position=* to provide the exact, non-rounded values of a position in kilometres.

On milestones, the exact positions is often times less visible (smaller) number than the rounded value so any readings thereof requires some closer investigation than the rounded number. It can prove to be difficult to read the value if obstructed by a barrier (e.g. a noise barrier) or in an inaccessible location from a public ROW.