[Tagging] Zone 30 (maxspeed)

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/7/7 Colin Smale <colin.smale at xs4all.nl>:
> So
> IMHO all ways should have their maxspeed indicated individually in the
> traditional way


+1

, and if someone wants to draw a polygon to indicate the
> limits of the zone, well, OSM won't stop them.


IMHO a polygon is not right, as the zone applies only to roads, not to
footpaths, cycleways, service ways, etc. It also doesn't apply to
roads that have a lower speed limit.

> The polygon I was talking
> about was only a simple way of selecting a whole bunch of streets in one go
> with the intention of making a simple edit (e.g. add maxspeed=30) to all of
> them


don't do this, there might be cases where you delete information (see
above) and add some that is not valid.


cheers,
Martin