Talk:Key:maxspeed:type

Reducing article to a stub

Given that there is a long-running dispute on whether to use this tag or source:maxspeed=* to define the type of speed limit I have reduced both articles to brief summaries and created a clear links to Speed limits. Lets have any further discussion on that page. PeterIto (talk) 01:27, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Issues with explicitly tagging maxspeed in addition to maxspeed:type

Wiki currently states that "maxspeed:type=* should be accompanied by a maxspeed=* tag", which seems to be disputed as it brings several problems - adding just maxspeed=* results in incorrect data being introduced - if they are being added, all other maxspeed tags (like maxspeed:hgv=* etc. that differ in speed limit) must be added too!, possibility of implicit/explicit data being out of sync, issues when law changes, etc. See https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/discussions/5131 for discussion with more details about the problem --mnalis (talk) 13:39, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Tagging a maxspeed=* never implies that the speed limit is the same for all modes of transportation.

You don't have to tag all of these modes, but it is considered desirable to add the main maxspeed=* when using maxspeed:type=*. In case the law changes, the redundancy is actually a feature: you can spot the discrepancy and go check if traffic signs have been changed as well: traffic signs may have been added to the road to opt-out of the default speed limit change.

In some cases, a maxspeed:type=* can only be used in one specific zone:traffic=*. In this case it is desirable to add the zone:traffic=* tag as well.

--JeroenvanderGun (talk) 19:40, 21 July 2023 (UTC)