[OSM-newbies] R: R: Road Maximum speed in UK units

[Fabrizio Carrai]

There are some similar but still interesting intervents in the "discussion"
of http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:OSM_tags_for_routing/Maxspeed

F.

> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: newbies-bounces at openstreetmap.org
> [mailto:newbies-bounces at openstreetmap.org]Per conto di Fabrizio Carrai
> Inviato: giovedi 7 maggio 2009 17.19
> A: newbies at openstreetmap.org
> Oggetto: [OSM-newbies] R: Road Maximum speed in UK units
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> > -----Messaggio originale-----
> > Da: newbies-bounces at openstreetmap.org
> > [mailto:newbies-bounces at openstreetmap.org]Per conto di Thomas König
> > Inviato: giovedi 7 maggio 2009 11.12
> > A: newbies at openstreetmap.org
> > Oggetto: Re: [OSM-newbies] Road Maximum speed in UK units
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> So , my personal propose would be:
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> a) Let the mappers to use their own units
> b) Set the requirements for the application to convert all such data
> according to well know function to a SI (or an accepted unit). e.g. meters
> for distances, km/hours for speeds
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