Hello Renier, I believe there is a rather complicated proposal on the OSM wiki. It tries to model the European situation were streets inside cities have very low speed limits. Personally I think this proposal is much too difficult to implement and I would rather see global defaults for each highway type.
I can think of at least 2 applications for accurate speed limit data in OSM: (1) warning driver when he is breaking the law and (2) estimating average speed so that faster and more economical routes can be calculated. The default average speed for my Gosmore router can be found here: http://trac.openstreetmap.org/export/25985/applications/rendering/gosmore/elemstyles.xml So to answer you: If you are curious about speed limits or you want the best possible routing, then go ahead an collect it. Personally I'm much more focused on street names, points of interest and house names. Regards, Nic On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Renier Marx <re...@algoabus.co.za> wrote: > Hi > > > > I have been editing in OSM and have noticed that every Street or Freeway I > come across in the Port Elizabeth area has no speed limit in. > > Is there a default speed that OSM accept if no speed limit has been set for > Freeway6s and in City/Town or do al of them needs to be set? > > > > Hoping to hear from you soon. > > > > Renier Marx > > Route Controller > > PH: 041 - 404 1318 > > FAX: 041 - 453 7437 > > E-MAIL: re...@algoabus.co.za > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 6117 (20110512) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ZA mailing list > Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za > > _______________________________________________ Talk-ZA mailing list Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za
