[OSM-talk] Highway tags and other junk

[Robert Scott]

On Thursday 14 December 2006 17:29, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> But if you draw a distribution graph, you'll see (for a completely
> fictitious road) a clump of tracks averaging 3mph; these are the
> walkers. Then there'll be another clump at 10mph-15mph; these are the
> cyclists. Then there'll be a more general distribution from 40mph to
> 70mph.

That doesn't save you from the fact that if I cycle down a road at 2200 on a 
sunday night you have no way of knowing if I am actually a car in a traffic 
jam or just a cyclist.

Having rigorous track tagging would save you a lot of statistical effort.


robert.