Hello Richard, Gosmore looks at maxspeed and tracktype.
I did not use surface, because I am under the impression that it is possible to drive fast on properly maintained dirt roads in dryer regions. Regards, Nic On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Richard Welty <rwe...@averillpark.net> wrote: > this occurred to me while surveying speed limits in a somewhat rural > part of the US. > > are any of the routing engines looking at the surface tag as part of > their decision making? > > i ask this because in NY, the default speed limit in rural areas is 55 > on all roads. there are numerous unpaved roads (dirt, gravel) which > do not have posted speed limits, but where driving at 55 is not > reasonable unless you're a rally driver and the road is closed. > > i want to tag these accurately, and am doing so, but i should think > that the routing engines ought to avoid, when possible, this combination > or others like it: > > highway=unclassified > name=Mead Road > maxspeed=55 mph > surface=dirt > > richard > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
