On Fri, 2013-02-22 at 17:38 +0100, Martin Vonwald wrote: > Hi! > > Recently the use of the key maxspeed:type was documented in the wiki > (see [1] and [2]). It seems to be used in the UK for the same purpose > as source:maxspeed. I quote: "In the UK the general practice is to use > the maxspeed:type tag as the source:*=* should be for how the data was > collected, not how it was derived. " > > Well - there's a point. Yes, I know how often source:maxspeed is > tagged (241,738 times). But besides being tagged, is it "used" for > anything at the moment? > It is used to indicated a speed limit that is not explicitly signposted, such as by a the National Speed Limit sign http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=File:UK_traffic_sign_671.svg&page=1
The motorway 'chopsticks' sign, or a change from single to dual carriageway. I am not aware of it being used, but will make changes a lot easier if the limits ever change. There is discussion about raising the motorway limit to 80mph. Phil (trigpoint) _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
