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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/7/31 Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com>:
> No, no, no. maxheight until now was clearly the legal maxheight. It is
> not explicitely writen on the wiki because you don't see the physical
> height in many countries here in Europe but only the legal traffic
> sign and the max height traffic sign is displayed on the Map Features
> page since january 08.

exactly, it's not about "changing" the definition, it is about
describing it better for people that read the definitions less
attentive. The page speaks about "height limit" and displays a traffic
sign. This is clearly legal, otherwise it would state: real height,
physical height, just height, clearance or whatever. The sign
indicates that we're talking about legal issues.

> I don't find any controversy about this interpretation in the archives
> on this ML, so we can assume that maxheight was until now the legal
> maxheight. We just need to clarify this point on the wiki and add a
> new tag for the physical maxheight for countries where it is available
> (call it maxheight:physical if you want)

+1

cheers,
Martin