<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 11:19 PM Martin Koppenhoefer <<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> Il giorno 30 ott 2019, alle ore 13:09, Jonathon Rossi <<a href="mailto:jono@jonorossi.com" target="_blank">jono@jonorossi.com</a>> ha scritto:<br>
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> I didn't say these signs had to display messages that must be obeyed just that they often do.<br><br>
what I meant was that we might want to distinguish between those that show information and those that show traffic signs to which you must obey.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Okay, might be useful, but how does a mapper know what a road authority will do with a variable message sign? If it has only been observed with travel time messages and other informational messages, then how do you verify it won't be used for more in the 1% of cases, and does it actually matter?</div><div><br></div><div>I'd be inclined to have all big matrix panels tagged traffic_sign=variable_message, with Variable Speed Limit Signs and Lane Use Signals different traffic sign types, maybe traffic_sign=variable_speed and traffic_sign=lane_control (I've not checked taginfo to see what people are already using) which would allow navigation apps to notify a driver about a variable speed limit zone (or does that belong on the highway?), however this is getting out of scope of Graeme's original question.</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Jono</div></div>