[OSM-talk] Navigation Debug Map Style Available

[Alan Mintz]

At 2010-05-22 08:41, Mike N. wrote:
> > as far as i know, we're supposed to be using KPH everywhere, even here
> > in the US.
>
>   According to the Wiki:  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Maxspeed
>
>"If your country uses miles / the imperial system, tag the value and append
>" mph"! "

This seems more consistent with the "tag what you see" concept. 
Additionally, I've seen mappers use (a very) wrong conversion factor, as 
surprising as that seems. Even using 1.6 instead of 1.6093 results in 88 
kph = 55 mph instead of 89 kph, which could create problems when searching.

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Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at Earthlink.net>