I have used source:maxspeed=sign to indicate collection from a physical speed limit sign during a survey, and agree with Ian that the previously cited cases are an acceptable use of source:maxspeed.
This is not the only case where multiple tagging schemes are used; it's one of the joys of crowd/community dynamics On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Ian Dees <ian.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer < > dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The general usage is according to the wiki: >> distinguish between implicit and explicit speed limits (i.e. the >> default maxspeed in the context (urban, rural, motorway) and sign >> posted limits). The idea is to always add maxspeed=number(unit like >> mph or kmh) to highways and to distinguish where the limit comes from >> with the additional key source:maxspeed. >> > > Since you didn't give specific examples I can't speak in specifics, but it > sounds like the mapper adding that value for the `source:maxspeed` tag is > using the tag correctly. They are specifying the source for the speedlimit > tag. They found the maxspeed value in a PDF somewhere. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > -- John Novak 585-OLD-TOPOS (585-653-8676) http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnanovak/ OSM ID:oldtopos OSM Heat Map: http://yosmhm.neis-one.org/?oldtopos OSM Edit Stats:http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?oldtopos
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