[Talk-GB] Rail maxspeeds being converted

[Phillip Barnett]

I'm on a train in East Anglia at the moment and the signs next to the track still appear to be miles per hour.



> On 5 Sep 2015, at 09:18, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> A user has been converting the maxspeed tag of railway line from mph to kph:
> 
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/278060675/history#map=17/51.42363/-2.72120
> 
> It appears to be a straight conversion ie 100mph = 161. Which seems a bit silly. I'm sure the limit wouldn't be exactly 161.
> 
> I thought that mph was valid as long as it was labelled as such.
> 
> Are the signs next to the rails still in mph?
> 
> His edits appear to be country wide.
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/308866549/history
> 
> I've sent him a message asking why he's doing it.
> 
> Dave F.
> 
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