The UK definition of a "built-up area" for traffic purposes is still
occasionally subject to discussions [1]
In 99.9% of the cases the speed limit will be signed explicitly anyway.
--colin
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Built-up_area_(Highway_Code)#Legal_definition
On 2018-04-30 19:41, Tobias Zwick wrote:
> Hi there
>
> On tagging implicit speed limits in the United Kingdom, the wiki lists
> the following values [1 [1]] for "maxspeed:type":
>
> GB:nsl_single (=60 mph), GB:nsl_dual (=70 mph) and GB:motorway (=70 mph)
>
> I understand that the current legislation defines a road with
> road-lighting as a built-up area in which a lower implicit speed limit
> of 30 mph applies. There is no mention of it in the wiki, no GB:urban,
> GB:lit, GB:zone30 or anything like that, so something should be defined
> and documented by (you,) the British OSM community.
>
> My question:
> How to tag roads in which such an implicit speed limit for built-up
> areas applies?
>
> The question is motivated by an issue report for StreetComplete [2 [2]]
>
> Cheers
> Tobias
>
> [1]
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Speed_limits#Country_code.2Fcategory_conversion_table
>
> [2] https://github.com/westnordost/StreetComplete/issues/1037
>
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Links:
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[1]
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Speed_limits#Country_code.2Fcategory_conversion_table
[2] https://github.com/westnordost/StreetComplete/issues/1037
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