On 12 April 2011 11:04, Ed Avis <e...@waniasset.com> wrote: > SomeoneElse <lists@...> writes: > > >I can still map "maxspeed=what_the_sign_says" as I have been doing. > > Maybe it would be best to tag that as maxspeed_sign=what_the_sign_says. >
Probably maxspeed:sign would be better than maxspeed_sign. I do however think that maxspeed:sign could be clearer than maxspeed:type and both are better than the maxspeed:source which is misused at present in some places. If we then have suitable national defaults for speed limits of different values then I think that could work well. I believe that it is only maxspeed values of 30mph, 60mph and 70mph that would ever need a maxspeed:sign entry and are therefore the only ones were an agreement is needed on suitable default values. Incidentally, has anyone got an example of a 30mph zone starting based on street lighting that is not also signed with a suitable 30mph sign? I reaslise that 30mph signs were non-existent in 1934 when the 30mph urban limit was introduced. However...I would be surprised if in the last 75 years there hasn't been a full roll out of signage, if only because it is likely to be much more effective at getting people to slow down. I note kev js1982's comment about 70mph speed limit signs in Scotland. Incidentally, I recollect that there was a proposal recently to covert all 'unrestricted' signs in the England and Wales to numeric format to avoid any confusion. Peter Regards, > > -- > Ed Avis <e...@waniasset.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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