How the height charts work

One vertical scale

The tallest figure determines the drawing scale. Every other height is multiplied by that same scale and placed on one baseline. A tiny person beside a tower stays tiny; the chart does not enlarge the person to make the comparison look dramatic.

The silhouettes are generic symbols. Only their vertical extent is scaled. They cannot show how a particular body, building or character is shaped.

Listed heights and their sources

The public records begin with Wikidata, whose structured facts are released under CC0. Each accepted measurement retains the statement, source link and date it was collected. Official profiles and published measurement reports are used to review the meaning of a value.

A preferred Wikidata statement is not proof that other values are wrong. Different credible listings remain separate choices. Deprecated claims and references that only say imported from Wikipedia are excluded.

Units and the gap

One inch is exactly 2.54 centimeters; one foot is exactly 12 inches. Heights are converted to meters for the drawing. The difference is the larger height minus the smaller height, using the original precision before display rounding.

For the example pair, 5 ft 2 in is 157.48 cm and 6 ft 1 in is 185.42 cm. Subtracting gives 27.94 cm, or 11 in.

Your custom heights keep their entered decimals for subtraction. For published heights, the gap is rounded no finer than the listing itself was written, except that inch gaps can keep one decimal place so a half-inch change stays visible. A whole-meter tower listing gives a whole-meter gap. The converted value comes from that displayed gap and says about. Extra decimal places do not make a published height more certain.

A nonzero gap below the displayed precision says less than, never zero. If it is too small to see at the current scale, the chart marks it without enlarging either figure. Only equal values receive the same-height result.

When a listing changes

These are dated published measurements, not live measurements of people. Collection and direct-source review dates are included in the downloads. A correction must point to a source that states what was measured. Rebuilding this website does not change those dates.

Historical listings keep the context of the original report. An older listing does not become a claim about someone's current height. New source evidence is needed to change a published value.

Height, elevation and character art

For a structure, the record states whether the height includes an antenna, spire or pedestal. Mountain columns show summit elevation above sea level, not the distance from the foot of the mountain. Two elevations can be compared; an elevation and a person's stature do not share the same starting point.

In Art and details, choose what your character's height describes: stated, canon, model or sprite. Stated means a height you or the creator supplied; canon means an official character reference; model and sprite mean a height inferred from that depiction. These are your notes, not a published source checked by Heightvs.

Add the version, pose, shoes or accessories beside that choice. Align the top of the head and the soles of the feet with the crop controls; hats, heels and a bent pose can otherwise change the apparent height. Your basis and notes stay in the share link, text description and PNG; the artwork stays in the PNG.

Different published heights

A second credible value can become a separate choice; it does not silently overwrite an existing source. The data page contains the downloadable records behind the charts. Correction submissions are not open yet.