[OSM-newbies] Speed Limits

[Gerhardus Geldenhuis]

Thanks,
Since the area is very incomplete I will be more than happy to just tag the
way.

Regards


On 22 January 2013 10:27, Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis
>
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Speed_limits
> >
> > After having read the above it seems to me I should:
> > Mark speed limits on the road
> > and mark speed sign locations, however in my mind a speed sign has a
> > direction and nothing is mentioned of direction in the wiki page
> regarding
> > direction. Is it possible to incorporate direction in the tag?
>
> I reworded a bit the wiki. The traffic signs are really optional. It's
> only tagged by people frustrated by the completness of their local
> area in OSM ;-)
> If you really want to waste your time in tagging traffic signs, you
> should put a node besides the highway way, where the sign is
> physically. It's not really important to say on which direction it
> applies since the primary information is present on the way itself
> (tagged with maxspeed=*).
>
> Pieren
>
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Gerhardus Geldenhuis
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