[Talk-GB] Rail maxspeeds being converted

[Dave F.]

Supposedly there was a discussion & the outcome was to convert all, 
including UK, to kph. I can't find that thread ATM.


On 05/09/2015 10:46, Phillip Barnett wrote:
> 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.
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>> On 5 Sep 2015, at 09:18, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:
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>> Hi
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>> A user has been converting the maxspeed tag of railway line from mph to kph:
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>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/278060675/history#map=17/51.42363/-2.72120
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>> 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.
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>> I thought that mph was valid as long as it was labelled as such.
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>> Are the signs next to the rails still in mph?
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>> His edits appear to be country wide.
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/308866549/history
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>> I've sent him a message asking why he's doing it.
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>> Dave F.
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