On 9/8/14 5:55 PM, Greg Morgan wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Tod Fitch <t...@fitchdesign.com > <mailto:t...@fitchdesign.com>> wrote: > > Thus far I've only applied the maxspeed tag to roads with a posted > speed limit. But here in California most residential roads are not > posted, instead there is a state wide prima facie limit: > http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22352.htm > > > I wonder if 15 mph in a school zone and 25 mph in a residential area > are some sort of federal standard? The source tag might be useful but > not much different than other states. > i doubt it. 30 mph residential is as common as 25 mph, and in my experience it's a statute of the local municipality that imposes the limit.
the default speed limit in NYS for unposted roads is 55mph, irrespective of surface type. other states vary; there's a page in the OSM wiki about it. richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux Java - Web Applications - Search
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