Richard Bullock schrieb: > Am I missing something, or can we not just assume that e.g. > > each highway=residential has a speed limit consistent with urban areas in > that country - unless explicitly tagged otherwise > > e.g. in the UK, highway=residential would be 30mph (48.28032km/h), unless > tagged as something else. > > each highway=trunk, primary, secondary etc. has a default speed limit > consistent with rural areas in that country - unless tagged otherwise. > > each highway=motorway has a default motorway speed consistent for that > country. > > That way, we only need to tag major through routes in cities, and rural > roads which do not have the usual national speed limit. > > The same thing applies for access restrictions. We don't need to tag that > roads are accessible for cars - that should be assumed unless tagged > otherwise > highway=residental _isnot_ the same as "build-up-area in the meaning of traffic laws". E.g. commercial- or industry-areas which are "in town" by traffic law/signs don't have "residential roads".
And thats just one example. Regards Mario _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
