[OSM-talk] Map Features, maxspeed and maplint

[Chris Hill]

Dermot McNally wrote:
>
>> It makes more
>> sense to have maxspeed=<number><optional units; assume km/h if none
>> specified> to avoid the chance of that happening.
>>     
>
> Doing so prevents simple numerical analysis of the field contents.
> Nothing can be analysed without pre-processing, and you are very prone
> to dodgy units (how many ways can you right Miles Per Hour?)
>
>
>   
Any analysis requires the data to be preprocessed to extract it from the 
XML storage format, so a little extra to account for the suffix is a 
small overhead.

Conversions to 0dp is inaccurate, accurate conversions are a mess, 
namespacing allows for conflicting values so only an optional suffix 
really makes sense, so this why I use.

Cheers, Chris

(living on a street where maxspeed=30mph)