[OSM-talk] maxheight/height

[Liz]

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, John Smith wrote:
> I've noticed some people have tagged bridges with height=*, rather than
> tagging the road way under the bridge as maxheight=* and I'm kind of unsure
> which is better.

the Key:maxheight says it clearly
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:maxheight

maxheight expresses a height limit for using the way to which the tag is 
added. If no unit is included, the value is assumed to be in metres.

You get to break up the way and mark it as maxheight