[talk-au] School Zones

[Myles Watkins]

Yeah, our tomtom does a similar thing: just tells you when you are within a
certain distance of a school. Not very useful really.
I think I might put in waypoints for the schoolzone and also specify the
speed restriction in the way. That would allow people using just an OSM
raster rather than vector map to see the school zone as well.
Thanks for your ideas!

On Dec 15, 2007 8:51 AM, Mike R <electroc at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

>  "I'm 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"
> It wouldn't be hard to do a better job than Road Angel does (did ?). Their
> school zones seem to be based on drawing a circle around the school, which
> just doesn't work - I get an alert for a school which is on the other side
> of the railway line.
>
> We really need to identify the actual entry points into the 40km/hr zone
> on every street. Theoretically, you could do it using points, lines or
> areas.
>
> I think the best way would be to mark a way that was speed-restricted at
> certain times and days. This is the method used to identify any other
> speed-limit change currently.
>
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