Re: [Tagging] Rail maxspeed conversions

2015-09-05 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > Am 05.09.2015 um 11:21 schrieb Dave F. : > > Update: The user has informed me there was a discussion & the outcome was to > convert all to kph. Does anyone have a link to it? there has been a lot of discussion for maxspeed on roads with the clear outcome not to convert n

Re: [Tagging] Rail maxspeed conversions

2015-09-05 Thread Dave F.
Thank you for the info Another user who's been amending maxspeed to kph has pointed me in the direction of ORM's wiki. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenRailwayMap/Tagging#Switches There are a few inconsistencies with the main maxspeed wiki page: Switches & Signals sections & particular

Re: [Tagging] Rail maxspeed conversions

2015-09-05 Thread Michael Reichert
Hi Dave, Am 2015-09-05 um 12:58 schrieb Dave F.: > Do you know where the UK maxspeed figures would have originally come > from? I assume it's some form of open source database rather than > someone foolishly walking the tracks. There are multiple ways to get railway maxspeed data (1) data with a

Re: [Tagging] Rail maxspeed conversions

2015-09-05 Thread Dave F.
On 05/09/2015 10:54, Michael Reichert wrote: Hi Dave, Am 2015-09-05 um 11:21 schrieb Dave F.: Update: The user has informed me there was a discussion & the outcome was to convert all to kph. Does anyone have a link to it? Converting UK railway maxspeeds to kph is just mapping for the renderer.

Re: [Tagging] Rail maxspeed conversions

2015-09-05 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
Wait, she/he claimed that there was discussion and failed to provide source? Such claim is worthless. On Sat, 05 Sep 2015 10:21:09 +0100 "Dave F." wrote: > Update: The user has informed me there was a discussion & the outcome > was to convert all to kph. Does anyone have a link to it? > > Dave

Re: [Tagging] Rail maxspeed conversions

2015-09-05 Thread Michael Reichert
Hi Dave, Am 2015-09-05 um 11:21 schrieb Dave F.: > Update: The user has informed me there was a discussion & the outcome > was to convert all to kph. Does anyone have a link to it? Converting UK railway maxspeeds to kph is just mapping for the renderer. OpenRailwayMap does not support mph speeds

Re: [Tagging] Rail maxspeed conversions

2015-09-05 Thread Dave F.
Update: The user has informed me there was a discussion & the outcome was to convert all to kph. Does anyone have a link to it? Dave F. On 05/09/2015 09:42, Dave F. wrote: Hi Someone's is amending UK rail maxspeed tags: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/310190623/history It's a straight conv

[Tagging] Rail maxspeed conversions

2015-09-05 Thread Dave F.
Hi Someone's is amending UK rail maxspeed tags: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/310190623/history It's a straight conversion from mph to kph. Is there a valid reason for doing this? The signs in the UK are in mph. I've written a message asking him for an explanation. Dave F. --- This emai