[Talk-us] Getting max speed limit for given point

[René Fournier]

In my application, something is better than nothing. Instances were max speed is not available will be ignored, but in cases where it is, then I would like to act on it. 

On 2012-08-21, at 2:59 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote:

> It's easy enough to build, but in the US that data is very, very far
> from complete.
> 
> Even in Europe, you will find a lot of ways that are not tagged with
> maxspeed. You will have to have a fallback mechanism with implied max
> speeds for each road class, for each country you want to cover. And
> that's going to be unreliable. You will have to decide if that's
> acceptable.
> 
> Martijn
> 
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 2:27 PM, René Fournier <m5 at renefournier.com> wrote:
>> Looking for suggestions...
>> 
>> I need to create a web service that, given a latitude/longitude coordinate that lies on a major road or highway, returns a maximum speed limit. Looking at services like http://www.itoworld.com/map/35#fullscreen, it's clear that much of the data is there. What's the best way to go about this? Anyone try it before?
>> 
>> ...Rene
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