I propose that we adopt a new key: maxspeed_mph It would be
- simpler for UK, USA and other imperial countries to enter the speed. - less prone to error - users may not be used to kph speeds. - un-ambiguous. (what does '50' mean?) - maxspeed keeps consistently metric units (kph) - exact - being in the local units, no rounding necessary (no decimal places). - value will usually only be an integer in a multiple of 10 or 5. - easy to validate. - both maxspeed and maxspeed_mph keys could be entered - no ambiguity again - applications can easily convert between maxspeed and maxspeed_mph where only one is entered - in transition, having a separate key would make it simple for validators (people and computers) or a batch process, to convert existing maxspeed keys in the UK and USA from the various existing maxspeed variations to the expected multiples of 10 in maxspeed_mph Mario (WessexMario) _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
