On 2019-01-26 15:27, Warin wrote:
The only problem is the 'ton'.

I n the USA 2,000 pounds
In the UK 2,240 pounds.


Resolving this? units 'ton us' and 'ton uk' ???

I've been converting to pounds (lbs), which avoids this ambiguity with precise conversions. Apparently I'm not alone. [1] But I'd welcome a well-supported convention for U.S. tons so that data consumers don't have to guess whether the sign is expressed in pounds or tons.

[1] https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/maxweight=10000%20lbs

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