maxheight=* refers to legal maxheight, in some countries, such as brazil, there is a difference on legal height (restriction) and physical height/clearance (information sign). See my note on the discussion on the wiki key:height - if height is not to be used for this, than another tag is needed
- On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:57:23 +0000 (GMT), John Smith <delta_foxt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I've noticed some people have tagged bridges with height=*, rather than > tagging the road way under the bridge as maxheight=* and I'm kind of unsure > which is better. > > By using height you don't have to break the way under the bridge up, on the > other hand maxheight is specific to the road under the bridge. > > That all said I think height was a predecessor tag to ele and then again > I've seen trees tagged with a height too. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- Brgds Aun Johnsen via Webmail _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
