2009/7/30 Gervase Markham <gerv-gm...@gerv.net>: > 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. > > 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? >
I guess this means that its a humped bridge where you can get a 12foot vehicle under it in the center but its only 11ft each side. Usually combined with "On Coming Vehicles in Centre of Road" Signs.. Peter. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
