[Talk-us] US highway classification

[Anthony]

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:
> On 5/29/11 11:37 AM, Anthony wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Richard Welty<rwelty at averillpark.net>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> in short: a routing engine will probably use classifications where
>>> maxspeed
>>> data is missing, but probably only to derive guesstimates of maxspeed
>>> values.
>>
>> Now that I think about it, that's actually an excellent reason why
>> classifications in the US should be by state.  Max speeds vary
>> significantly by state, as well as classifications of what roads get
>> what speeds.
>>
> actually, i'd argue that it's an excellent reason to start aggressively
> collecting the missing maxspeed data.

The two aren't mutually exclusive.

Anyway, why argue about it?  If you have a reason to start
aggressively collecting data the missing maxspeed data, just do it.