[Buildingdata] Re: Levels (Dammit)

[Andy Turner]

Hi

There is a major part of the University of Leeds that has the level
system. From what I recall the room numbering does largely follow the
level numbering, but this is broken down by building name. So room
8.02 in Mathematics for example would be room 02 on level 8 in the
part of a building occupied by the School of Mathematics. Many Lecture
Theatres have entrances and are on more than one level, and these have
a different numbering system. Level 10 has more connectivity than many
other levels. There is a named colour route called Red Route on this
level with elevated corridors between some buildings and this carries
a lot of pedestrian traffic. This may be a quirk of the Leeds campus
being reasonably large and situated on a slope.

Andy

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Nick Gibbins <nmg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> That's local usage, certainly - I was suggesting a case at another institution where the room number to level number mapping isn't as obvious.
> --
> Dr Nicholas Gibbins
>
> On 23 Aug 2011, at 13:35, Christopher Gutteridge <cjg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Level numbers are defined as the first digit in a 4 digit room code. The
>> 2nd digit is room function and the remaining two are an incrementing
>> number for that floor/purpose. eg. I'm in 3213 Which is Floor "3",
>> "Office" number "13".
>>
>> All that really matters is that some important people want the floor
>> data to appear on
>> http://data.southampton.ac.uk/org/F1.html
>> To say that the Deanery is on Floor 4 of Building 4. And it's smart to
>> keep 'em happy.
>>
>> On 23/08/11 13:28, Nick Gibbins wrote:
>>> Such is life.
>>>
>>> If you're going to try and model this, you might want to have a look at the University of Leeds; from what I remember, they have (or at least had c. the early 90s) a level numbering scheme that's altitude based, so that floors at the same altitude had the same level number (the campus is built on a slope, with elevated walkways connecting some buildings).
>>
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