[OSM-talk] Mapping canals

[Gervase Markham]

Sven Grüner wrote:
> I don't know of any country using the metric system that is familiar
> with the term "kph". The unit symbol is "km/h" and so everbody uses *kmh*.

Google understands kph:
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=30mph+in+kph

So this is just another example of why allowing people to use any unit 
"as long as they label it" is a bad idea :-)

Gerv