[OSM-talk] Country-specific defaults/values (was: Re: Proliferation of path vs. footway)

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/8/14 Jukka Rahkonen <jukka.rahkonen at mmmtike.fi>:
> First of all we need to get rid of all the fuzzy traffic signs broadcasted all
> over the world, like this
> http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiedosto:Py%C3%B6r%C3%A4tie_422.svg
> and this
> http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiedosto:Yhdistetty_py%C3%B6r%C3%A4tie_ja_jalkak%C3%A4yt%C3%A4v%C3%A4_423.svg
>
> They may attract people to believe that the road is "cycleway" or "cycleway,
> walking allowed", and if they do not know in which country they are they may
> behave all wrong.

is this a joke? The signs are the best and most unambiguous way to
communicate about legal dedication and implicit rules. Of course they
depend on the country they are in, but it is like this in the world.

cheers,
Martin