[Talk-us] US highway classification

[Anthony]

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
> 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:
>> 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?

What do you mean by "global consistency" and why is it desired?