[OSM-talk-be] Talk-be Digest, Vol 59, Issue 29

[Jan-willem De Bleser]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Glenn Plas <glenn at byte-consult.be> wrote:
>
> ah, afaik, zone:traffic , it seems to be a defacto standard.   See
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/trafficzone
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:zone:traffic
>
> First time I've seen it in use though indeed.

Ah, looks like eMerzh also replied, but think my answer is still relevant.

Source:maxspeed is used 5x more according to taginfo, but also has a
wider scope as it's also used to indicate speeds due to signs.

I've always had the impression that "source" tags were one of those
'for mappers' tags, more meant for record keeping than actual mapping.
That fits with the fact that there are multiple ways of using it to
indicate a zone. Zone:traffic is more tightly defined, at first
glance.

I'm more for using zone:traffic, as otherwise source becomes a bit of
a catch-all.