Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-27 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/6/27 fly > > > In fact in Germany with a normal "car" licence before the year 200? it > is 7.5t + 4.5t = 12t. > > > actually applying some particular other exceptions it is almost 18t, 7.5t + 10t (special kind of trailer with 2 axes that count as "one double" because the wheels are closer t

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-26 Thread fly
Am 26.06.2013 18:56, schrieb Philip Barnes: > On Tue, 2013-06-25 at 21:02 +0200, fly wrote: >> On 25.06.2013 20:43, martinq wrote: > There is no (common) restriction that limits the actual weight of > truck+trailer, thus it makes no sense to define maxweight as limit for > the complete

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-26 Thread Kytömaa Lauri
>the similarity with the single truck-sign Even the maxlength traffic sign is more similar with the "single truck" sign. As to tagging the este vehicle+trailer weight limits, I haven't tagged any such vehicle combination limits before. Intuitively, though, I'd go with maxweight=50 (the limit st

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-26 Thread Philip Barnes
On Tue, 2013-06-25 at 21:02 +0200, fly wrote: > On 25.06.2013 20:43, martinq wrote: > >>> There is no (common) restriction that limits the actual weight of > >>> truck+trailer, thus it makes no sense to define maxweight as limit for > >>> the complete train. > >> ... > >> this one is for gross weig

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
On 26/giu/2013, at 15:36, Kytömaa Lauri wrote: > >can you confirm that this is > > indeed maxweight (i.e. > > actual weight > > Yes, the sign means actual weight. so despite the similarity with the single truck-sign and Finland having signed the vienna convention on traffic signs, it is

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-26 Thread Kytömaa Lauri
>can you confirm that this is > indeed maxweight (i.e. > actual weight Yes, the sign means actual weight. -- alv ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
On 26/giu/2013, at 11:46, Kytömaa Lauri wrote: > Seems strange to put it that way (everything but not X), when they mean Y. they mean what they write: everything but not X. Y is not only vehicles transporting goods, but also machinery, tools, etc. Cheers, Martin __

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
On 25/giu/2013, at 22:48, Kytömaa Lauri wrote: > Just today I drove past a sign that means "maxweight for combinations" (1, > with another sign below it, which corresponds to Key:maxbogieload. Different > restrictions exist together on some roads, tuet need > > 1) > http://commons.m.wikim

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-26 Thread Kytömaa Lauri
>sign does not exclude vehicles > transporting people Indeed, yes, I missed the last bit: "ausgenommen Personenkraftwagen und Kraftomnibuse" Seems strange to put it that way (everything but not X), when they mean Y. -- alv ___ Tagging mailing list Ta

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-26 Thread Martin Koppenhöfer
Am 25.06.2013 um 23:36 schrieb Kytömaa Lauri : > Therefore, the prohibiting sign with the "hgv symbol" only bans vehicles > registered as vans and hgv's, i.e. not for example buses. Unlike in for > example Germany, where that sign seems to refer to (gross) weight only. No, in Germany that si

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-25 Thread Kytömaa Lauri
>I take it the gross weight >item on the driver's license Just to make sure, not all countries' driving licenses directly refer to weight; mine only states the allowed vehicle classes, and I can check the vehicle's papers to see of it's a B or a C. Effectively the difference is still max gross

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-25 Thread fly
On 25.06.2013 22:17, John F. Eldredge wrote: > I take it the gross weight item on the driver's license is to restrict what > type of vehicle you are licensed to > operate? Exacly ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstr

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-25 Thread Kytömaa Lauri
(Sorry, the previous message was sent prematurely.) Different weight restrictions exist together on some roads, they need to be different keys. -- alv ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-25 Thread Kytömaa Lauri
> maxweight:type=gross_vehicle, gross_train, laden, empty, etc. > definitions + _weight can be used >as properties in conditional > restriction, eg. maxspeed=80 @ >(empty_weight>5.5). >Drawback is that only one > maxweight-restriction per way > is possible. Just today I drove past a sign that

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-25 Thread John F. Eldredge
I take it the gross weight item on the driver's license is to restrict what type of vehicle you are licensed to operate? fly wrote: > On 25.06.2013 20:43, martinq wrote: > >>> There is no (common) restriction that limits the actual weight of > >>> truck+trailer, thus it makes no sense to defin

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-25 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/6/25 martinq > There is no (common) restriction that limits the actual weight of >>> truck+trailer, thus it makes no sense to define maxweight as limit for >>> the complete train. >>> >> ... >> >> this one is for gross weight of vehicles _including_ trailers: >> http://commons.m.wikimedia.**

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-25 Thread fly
On 25.06.2013 20:43, martinq wrote: >>> There is no (common) restriction that limits the actual weight of >>> truck+trailer, thus it makes no sense to define maxweight as limit for >>> the complete train. >> ... >> this one is for gross weight of vehicles _including_ trailers: >> http://commons.m.w

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-25 Thread martinq
There is no (common) restriction that limits the actual weight of truck+trailer, thus it makes no sense to define maxweight as limit for the complete train. ... this one is for gross weight of vehicles _including_ trailers: http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zeichen_253.svg Yes, see secon

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-24 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
On 25/giu/2013, at 00:17, martinq wrote: > There is no (common) restriction that limits the actual weight of > truck+trailer, thus it makes no sense to define maxweight as limit for the > complete train. > > Let me explain: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zeichen_262.svg > > l

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-24 Thread martinq
With this it would be: - max_weight: the maximum weight of the complete vehicle (including truck and trailer, in the German traffic rules (Straßenverkehrsordnung, StVO) that's a "Zug"; if I interpret my dictionary right, in English it's a road train. -1 There is no (common) restriction that lim

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-24 Thread Kytömaa Lauri
>there are weight restrictions > sometimes given >as maximum-per-axis-weight, indicated by traffic sign 263 > (see http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zeichen_263.svg ), > which is >similar, but not the same. There's http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:maxaxleload -- Alv

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-24 Thread John Sturdy
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Peter Wendorff wrote: > > With this it would be: > - max_weight: the maximum weight of the complete vehicle (including > truck and trailer, in the German traffic rules (Straßenverkehrsordnung, > StVO) that's a "Zug"; if I interpret my dictionary right, in English >

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-24 Thread Peter Wendorff
Am 23.06.2013 22:10, schrieb martinq: > Note: I know that in US there are weight limits depending on the number > of axles, but this could be tagged (later or already?) by conditional > tagging like maxgross_weight = X @ axles>3; Y @ axles>4... In Germany it's similar: there are weight restrictions

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-23 Thread martinq
maxgross_weight: All vehicles have a registered upper limit on their allowable mass (when fully loaded). This is often known as the "Gross Weight", and it is found in the vehicle documentation. unfortunately it is more complicated because the amount of axis and eventually the weight of trailers

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-21 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
On 21/giu/2013, at 01:05, Rob Nickerson wrote: > maxgross_weight: All vehicles have a registered upper limit on their > allowable mass (when fully loaded). This is often known as the "Gross > Weight", and it is found in the vehicle documentation. unfortunately it is more complicated becau

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-20 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi, I agree that the meaning is correct (legally), but I think we need to try and simplify the jargon in the one line summary section. How about: maxgross_weight: All vehicles have a registered upper limit on their allowable mass (when fully loaded). This is often known as the "Gross Weight", and

[Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

2013-06-18 Thread martinq
Restrictions on road access in many countries of the world make use of two different types of weight: 1) Actual weight of vehicle including empty vehicle + driver + passengers + load [the weight on a weighbridge] 2) Maximum permissible weight for a vehicle, typically used for registration an