[OSM-talk] zones for motorway/in town/outof town?

[Andy Allan]

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Guenther Meyer <d.s.e at sordidmusic.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> currently there is a discussion on the german list about tagging speed limits
> respectively different "zones". as there are implied also other things than
> maxspeed there are proposed three default zones, derived from the signs
> standing at every border crossing point:
>
> a) motorway: that's very clear, therea are no or very high limits.
> b) "city" areas with limited speed and some restrictions
> c) everything else, mostly out of town.
>
> so this questions goes primarily to the native english speakers:
> what would be the right term for a value for these zones?

Motorway / Urban / Rural is the most translatable, IMHO. I'm not
certain, but I think that it's Motorway / Built-Up / National in
official language.

Cheers,
Andy

> a) motorway? this one would be very clear I think.
> b) in_town? place? urban? it's the thing we call "geschlossene ortschaft" in
>   germany, which inludes everything from very small villages to really large
>   cities (bounded by yellow squared signs in germany).
> c) out_of_town? rural?
>
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