On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:36:55 -0400 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 > Navit considers the highway type and the surface type. Exactly what speed you expect to do for those parameters is user configurable in a config file. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
