--- On Sun, 2/8/09, Blaž Lorger <blaz.lor...@triera.net> wrote:
> Specifying actual or at least estimated width is only way
> to ensure that data
> is universally usable. I guess heavy truck driver would not
> be amused when
> navigation system would direct him in 3m wide residential
> street, while car
> driver would only see it as a problem when passing another
> car.
Actually the only way to get consistent road width estimates is to calculate it
based on lanes, otherwise you will get a wide range of subjective values
because people will estimate differently no matter what you do or say or write
on a wiki.
Counting lanes = easy
estimating road width = nightmare
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