On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:26 PM, René Fournier <m...@renefournier.com> wrote:
> Looking for suggestions...
>
> I need to create a web service that, given a latitude/longitude coordinate 
> that lies on a major road or highway, returns a maximum speed limit. Looking 
> at services like http://www.itoworld.com/map/35#fullscreen, it's clear that 
> much of the data is there. What's the best way to go about this? Anyone try 
> it before?

How often do you want to request the data?

1) Build a local DB.
2) request the maxspeed from the highway nearest the stated coordinates.

For extra marks, you might want to build in some logic and some persistence.

Seems pretty straightforward.

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