[OSM-talk-be] Missing Maxspeed in Brussels

[Ben Laenen]

On Sunday 12 August 2012 09:25:25 Sander Deryckere wrote:
> So you can hardly blame the tool for this. It's mainly about missing OSM
> data and poloticians trying to introduce as many different maxspeeds as
> possible (in the past, there was 50-90-120, now there is 30-50-70-90-120).

The defaults are still 50-90-120, but I those politicians like to buy a lot of 
traffic signs I guess :-) 

The 90 was supposed to become 70 in Flanders though, but it's awfully quiet 
about that nowadays...

> In other words, since the road network is almost complete, tagging with
> maxspeed values is a priority for good routing.

Also, do add the source of the maxspeed if possible, i.e. whether it's the 
default speed or whether there are traffic signs (and preferably whether the 
restriction is zonal etc.)


THe biggest problem may indeed be the small unclassified roads with default 
maxspeed of 90, but where actually driving that speed may be suicidal. A 
router can't really know that, but that's where it should always try to pick 
higher classified roads.

Greetings
Ben