Re: [Talk-GB] Rail maxspeeds being converted

2015-09-05 Thread Dave F.
Supposedly there was a discussion & the outcome was to convert all, including UK, to kph. I can't find that thread ATM. On 05/09/2015 10:46, Phillip Barnett wrote: I'm on a train in East Anglia at the moment and the signs next to the track still appear to be miles per hour. On 5 Sep

Re: [Talk-GB] Rail maxspeeds being converted

2015-09-05 Thread Phillip Barnett
I'm on a train in East Anglia at the moment and the signs next to the track still appear to be miles per hour. > On 5 Sep 2015, at 09:18, Dave F. wrote: > > Hi > > A user has been converting the maxspeed tag of railway line from mph to kph: > >

Re: [Talk-GB] Rail maxspeeds being converted

2015-09-05 Thread Andy Townsend
On 05/09/15 09:18, Dave F. wrote: Hi A user has been converting the maxspeed tag of railway line from mph to kph: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/278060675/history#map=17/51.42363/-2.72120 It appears to be a straight conversion ie 100mph = 161. Which seems a bit silly. I'm sure the

Re: [Talk-GB] Rail maxspeeds being converted

2015-09-05 Thread Dave F.
On 05/09/2015 11:47, Andy Townsend wrote: FWIW I did ask a previous mph -> km/h changer the same question: http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/30977485 I've also asked that user for the reasons. No response yet. "better interpretable format" Hmm... Is it just me, or does that seem like

Re: [Talk-GB] Rail maxspeeds being converted

2015-09-05 Thread David Woolley
On 05/09/15 11:47, Andy Townsend wrote: the train management system on the ECML was being changed to something* that would register in-cab speeds in km/h. I suspect that most of the visible signs are redundant and it is the electronic system that is the only thing that can carry any weight.

Re: [Talk-GB] Rail maxspeeds being converted

2015-09-05 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sat, 2015-09-05 at 11:47 +0100, Andy Townsend wrote: > > All the ones I've seen in Notts and Derbys still are. I can't > comment > on further afield, although I do vaguely remember seeing something on > the news a couple of months ago saying that the train management > system > on the ECML

Re: [Talk-GB] Rail maxspeeds being converted

2015-09-05 Thread Antje
Dear Lester Caine, Yes. —Amaroussi. > On 5 Sep 2015, at 14:36, Lester Caine wrote: > > On 05/09/15 09:18, Dave F. wrote: >> Are the signs next to the rails still in mph? >> >> His edits appear to be country wide. >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/308866549/history >>

Re: [Talk-GB] Rail maxspeeds being converted

2015-09-05 Thread Paul Sladen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 5 Sep 2015, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Sat, 5 Sep 2015, Philip Barnes wrote: > > The line speed through Wem is signed as 90, I assume its mph > Black-numerals-on-white-circular is mph, White-on-black is kph. Can't find a pictures from St

Re: [Talk-GB] Rail maxspeeds being converted

2015-09-05 Thread Paul Sladen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 5 Sep 2015, Philip Barnes wrote: > The line speed through Wem is signed as 90, I assume its mph Black-numerals-on-white-circular is mph, White-on-black is kph. Best place to see this is at the end of the platforms 6-11 at St Pancras, where

Re: [Talk-GB] Rail maxspeeds being converted

2015-09-05 Thread Lester Caine
On 05/09/15 09:18, Dave F. wrote: > Are the signs next to the rails still in mph? > > His edits appear to be country wide. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/308866549/history > > I've sent him a message asking why he's doing it. The whole system still works to MPH acording to the current