<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>sent from a phone</div><div><br>Am 02.11.2015 um 19:18 schrieb Gerd Petermann <<a href="mailto:GPetermann_muenchen@hotmail.com">GPetermann_muenchen@hotmail.com</a>>:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><p> The overpass query</p>
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<div> node[<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> "traffic_sign"="maxspeed"]["source:maxspeed"="sign"];</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">shows 831 nodes. My understanding is that one tag is for the</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">node, the other for the way.</span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div>yes, these nodes are likely mistagged, I usually tag nodes aside the road with<div>traffic_sign=maxspeed </div><div>maxspeed=50 (etc.)</div><div><br></div><div>and on the highway</div><div>maxspeed =50</div><div>source:maxspeed =sign</div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite">
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Also funny:</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/traffic_sign%3Aforward#values">http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/traffic_sign%3Aforward#values</a><br>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">shows 1050 entries for the tag traffic_sign:forward=*</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(yes, "*" as value)</span></div>
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<div>My understanding so far is that I should see e.g. these tags on a node</div>
<div>which is part of a highway:</div>
<div>traffic_sign:forward=maxspeed</div>
<div>maxspeed=60</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div>tagging traffic signs on the road (unless they are road markings or maybe overhead signs), is strange as well, because you typically don't find signs on the road. In case of overhead signs they should get a higher layer and not be part of the highway.</div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite">
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<div>The corresponding way would start at this node and have</div>
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<div>maxspeed=60</div>
<div>source:maxspeed=sign</div>
<div></div></blockquote><br></div><div><br></div><div>it would not have to start there (because of repeating signs)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>cheers </div><div>Martin </div></body></html>