[talk-au] School Zones

Myles Watkins nero82 at gmail.com
Fri Dec 14 10:29:11 GMT 2007


Hmm, sounds like a good idea. Only problem is what if someone wants to set
up a warning alarm for that point? The maxspeed part would only work with
routing wouldnt it? If it was set as a waypoint people could have it alarm
everytime they approached it regardless of route?
Cheers,
Myles

On Dec 14, 2007 9:10 PM, Cameron <osm-mailing-lists at justcameron.com> wrote:

> You could split the way into before, during and after the school zone and
> use maxspeed= to set the maxspeed on the school zone way.
>
> ~Cameron
>
> On 14/12/2007, Myles Watkins <nero82 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Gday everyone,
> >
> > I've searched google and forums all day with nothing. What I want to do
> > is find a program for my windows laptop where I can display an OSM file as
> > the map (background) and then make tracks/waypoints over that. This would
> > mean in the car I can see what has already been mapped or not. The furthest
> > I have got is using GPS TRACKMAKER. In this program I can import a GPX file
> > and see it as I make my own tracks. (I also have other programs that can do
> > this but I like the interface of GPS TRACKMAKER.) The problem is it is just
> > a tracks file. So I dont get a rendered image of OSM. I cant even tell
> > street names.
> >
> > If anyone could point me in the right direction that would be great.
> >
> > Oh, and one other thing, Im mapping school zones as well. Would a
> > waypoint for the start and end of a schoolzone suffice, or is there a
> > correct way of doing this?
> >
> > (dunno how it is in all states, but in NSW all school zones are 40km/h
> > at certain times. Helps to know when one is coming up!)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Myles
> >
> >
> >
> >
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