On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 08:36:10AM +0200, marcus.wolsc...@googlemail.com wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:07:08 +0200, Pieren <pier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2. It says that the main use is for city_limit. Again, why not. But > > the other examples are very questionable : "traffic_sign=maxspeed:30" > > or "traffic_sign=DE:239" break some practices we had until now like > > key=value and not key=key:value or like key:country=value and not > > key=country:value. > > You can tag the sign as "city_limit". It's a nice thing for rendering > but be warned that it is completely useless for navigation. > (For the later a polygon (e.g. place=*)describing where the city-limits are > in all > directions are needed as opposed to mapping the location of some > signs on some roads that leave the city for various reasons.)
I started tagging the sign when i started with maxspeed as it
sometimes help the orientation in the data when adding maxspeed.
> Also keep in mind that there are 3 different city-limits.
> * where traffic is considered "inside a build-up area" (navigation)
> * where postal addresses contain to that city (searching)
> * where the outermost buildings end. (rendering)
administrative boundarys
Flo
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