[Talk-us] US highway classification

[Paul Johnson]

On 05/29/2011 08:37 AM, Anthony wrote:
> On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Richard Welty <rwelty-Fu78d/DMHRmZEsiFbgKFjg at public.gmane.org> 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.

So how would that bring us closer to having global consistency, since
the scope of OSM is worldwide?

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