[Talk-GB] Implicit speed limits: What to tag in built-up areas?

[Tobias Zwick]

Did you read my last paragraph? Could you respond also to that?

On 01/05/2018 13:23, David Woolley wrote:
> Two or three years ago, we had problem of lots of bogus "wrong speed
> limit" notes being added by one particular app.  The general result ws
> that no-one took any notice of the notes from that app.  More recently,
> we have had problems from maps.me, although possibly not for speed limits.
> 
> I think it can be quite dangerous to give people apps that fix or note
> particular problems to people who don't know how to map using the more
> general tools.
> 
> I don't know about your tool, but it is essential that every user has an
> explicit personal account with OSM, and that they are set up to receive
> emails if people add changeset comments, or post messages to their OSM
> account.  maps.me has a high incidence of people who seem not to notice
> changeset comments.
> 
> On 01/05/18 10:41, Tobias Zwick wrote:
>> I am quite sure that this problem can lead to wrong tagging,
>> specifically that normal urban roads, even residential ones, are tagged
>> with "maxspeed:type=nsl_single" when they should not.
> 
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