Re: [OSM-talk-be] Some maxspeed mapping questions

2011-11-11 Thread Jo
While starting to change a mini_roundabout which wasn't actually a mini_roundabout, I went a little overboard and this is the result: It is a 'verhoogd kruispunt', so I tagged all the elevated ways with: traffic_calming=table And the places where the bumps are 'felt' with: traffic_calming=bump

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Some maxspeed mapping questions

2011-11-11 Thread Marc Gemis
Here is the page on maxspeed. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:source:maxspeed this is the section on the signs that left me with the questions Tagging sign positions Practice has shown that it is generally useful to *additionally* map the positions of maxspeed signs. It is suggested to

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Some maxspeed mapping questions

2011-11-11 Thread Sander Deryckere
The page on maxspeed is this one: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:maxspeed The page you gave is a page that explains the possibilities to tag the source of the maxspeed (a sign, or a missing sign). In general, sources are only useful to help other mappers or yourself. So if you have the

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Some maxspeed mapping questions

2011-11-11 Thread Ben Laenen
On Friday 11 November 2011 09:50:16 Gerard Vanderveken wrote: Ben Laenen wrote: This is an unsolved question... Some may use directions like N/E/S/W for north/east/south/west. But then you also need to be able to attach the node to the proper way (bridges and dual carriageways make this a

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Some maxspeed mapping questions

2011-11-11 Thread Ben Laenen
On Friday 11 November 2011 11:34:21 Sander Deryckere wrote: The page on maxspeed is this one: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:maxspeed The page you gave is a page that explains the possibilities to tag the source of the maxspeed (a sign, or a missing sign). In general, sources are

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Some maxspeed mapping questions

2011-11-11 Thread Gerard Vanderveken
Ben Laenen wrote: On Friday 11 November 2011 09:50:16 Gerard Vanderveken wrote: Ben Laenen wrote: This is an unsolved question... Some may use directions like N/E/S/W for north/east/south/west. But then you also need to be able to attach the node to the proper way (bridges and dual

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Some maxspeed mapping questions

2011-11-11 Thread Gerard Vanderveken
Jo wrote: While starting to change a mini_roundabout which wasn't actually a mini_roundabout, I went a little overboard and this is the result: It is a 'verhoogd kruispunt', so I tagged all the elevated ways with: traffic_calming=table And the places where the bumps are 'felt' with:

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Some maxspeed mapping questions

2011-11-11 Thread Ben Laenen
On Friday 11 November 2011 14:01:05 Gerard Vanderveken wrote: When the node is not part of the highway, its position left or right from the highway is enough to determine the apllicable direction of the way. Many traffic signs are placed on the left side of the street, and not all of them are

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Some maxspeed mapping questions

2011-11-10 Thread Sander Deryckere
Normally, you should map the streets, not the signs. So that would mean you put the tag maxspeed=xx on the parts of the ways where you are allowed to drive xx km/h. If a way is too long, you need to split it. For other vehicles, you can use a tag like maxspeed:vehicle=xx. As example:

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Some maxspeed mapping questions

2011-11-10 Thread Ben Laenen
On Thursday 10 November 2011 19:12:06 Sander Deryckere wrote: Normally, you should map the streets, not the signs. So that would mean you put the tag maxspeed=xx on the parts of the ways where you are allowed to drive xx km/h. If a way is too long, you need to split it. For other vehicles,

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Some maxspeed mapping questions

2011-11-10 Thread Sander Deryckere
Op 10 nov. 2011 23:13 schreef Ben Laenen benlae...@gmail.com het volgende: Little note: even though heavy good vehicles are a vehicle class when it comes to things like driver's licenses, they don't really exist at the level of traffic signs. The traffic sign with a truck on it applies to all