On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:17:02 +0100, Gervase Markham <gerv-gm...@gerv.net> wrote: > On 30/07/09 09:26, Aun Johnsen (via Webmail) wrote: >> much more. Since many countries have two different signs for max legal >> height and max physical height, and its usages can be very different, why >> not allow this in tags? > > Can you provide sample images for such signs? I confess I find it hard > to believe. > See on the talk page of the proposal, the two variants used in Brazil is shown there as a response to Lulu-Ann's question on the discussion. > The maxheight for a feature such as a bridge is the maximum height of an > object of the standard type that will fit under it. So for a road > bridge, it would be a bus or truck of the normal 1-lane width. That's > the thing people are interested in. If there's a sign which says "the > max physical height of a truck you can get under this bridge is 11 feet, > but legally the max height for this bridge is 12 feet", how is the > second piece of information useful in any way? For unicyclists? > > Gerv > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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