[Talk-us] Typical maxweight signs in USA? (editor developmnent question)

[Mateusz Konieczny]

25 Jun 2019, 17:47 by peter at dobratz.us:

> Reading this page, I see the potential ambiguity extends deeper than I realized (short ton, metric ton, long ton)
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonne <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonne>
>
AFAIK all cases of "t" in USA on max weight signs means "short ton".

Taggable by adding "st" unit or by converting to pounds, and adding "lbs" unit.
First seems to be superior as puts lower burden on mappers and it allows to directly map what is signed.
See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:maxweight#Usage

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