[OSM-talk] Why quality is more important than routing speed

[MP]

> I don't share your pessimism. I've mapped maxspeed=* quite a bit.
>  Compared to name=*, it's no harder to map, and it is of increasing
>  importance. I think we'll get far more than 8% of road names tagged in
>  the long-term future, and I think the same of maxspeed=*.

Well ... maybe not - since at least in my country, most roads have no
speed limits posted on them (so basically, the national "default"
limits, like max. 50 in city, etc ... apply)

Having 8% of roads tagged with speed limits may be the most you'll
ever have for some areas (cities tend to have more speed limit signs
on the roads, many country roads have none ...)

Martin