[Talk-GB] National speed limit changes

Andrew andrewhainosm at hotmail.co.uk
Thu Sep 26 19:47:51 UTC 2013


Philip Barnes <phil at ...> writes:


> 
> Routers in my opinion, over use road classification and seen to assume
that trunk is some sort of expressway, which in most cases they aren't.
Primaries, B roads and tertiarys, many of which are declassified trunk are
just as quick, often quicker as they take a shorter route.
>  
> Phil (trigpoint)

This is a structural problem with the OSM database caused by the same tag
being used with two distinct meanings in different countries. It would be
good to get to the bottom one day.

--
Andrew




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