[OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Clearance

[Aun Johnsen (via Webmail)]

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:17:02 +0100, Gervase Markham <gerv-gmane at gerv.net>
wrote:
> On 30/07/09 09:26, Aun Johnsen (via Webmail) wrote:
>> much more. Since many countries have two different signs for max legal
>> height and max physical height, and its usages can be very different,
why
>> not allow this in tags?
> 
> Can you provide sample images for such signs? I confess I find it hard 
> to believe.
> 
See on the talk page of the proposal, the two variants used in Brazil is
shown there as a response to Lulu-Ann's question on the discussion.
> The maxheight for a feature such as a bridge is the maximum height of an 
> object of the standard type that will fit under it. So for a road 
> bridge, it would be a bus or truck of the normal 1-lane width. That's 
> the thing people are interested in. If there's a sign which says "the 
> max physical height of a truck you can get under this bridge is 11 feet, 
> but legally the max height for this bridge is 12 feet", how is the 
> second piece of information useful in any way? For unicyclists?
> 
> Gerv
> 
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