Vincent, could you create a proposal for that? > I suggested somewhere that we could enter the defintion of default > values, maxsped and other stuff in the relation boundary where they > would apply, like the timezone. > > Usualy those values should be entered in the country relation boundary. > But for some values it could be a lower level : definition of holidays... > > We can, if necessary, put a "def" prefix or create a special relation > type "definition" for including those definitions (easier to manage). > E.g (for France). > def:highway:motorway:maxspeed=130 > def:highway:motorway:maxspeed:rain=110 > def:highway:motorway:access:bicycle=no > def:highway:motorway:access:foot=no > def:highway:motorway:oneway=yes > def:urban=50 > def:rural=90 > def:highway:residential:maxspeed=urban > ... > > By this way, the values are : > - easy to update > - inside the osm data in .osm format > - available "just in time" for the engines, routing systems... and easy > to get by the API for map builders (like Garmin...). An engine that > would have "hardcoded values" woud be considered as obsolete. > - easy to use : the default value is for an area inside boundaries and > the admin_level of the boundaries says the priority of the value to > apply (if redefined for a smaller area) > -- > FrViPofm
-- Best regards, Dmitry V. Granovsky _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

