[mkgmap-dev] Reduce road class/speed when road is narrow

Tue Oct 13 10:33:57 BST 2009

Hi Dermot,

> > It probably has to cope with widths that have either m or ft suffix
> > (I have also seen widths in the UK as 6'6" !). Can the style file hack
> > that?
> 
> This, of course, is why units really suck in fields that could so
> easily be strictly numeric...

The OSM wiki says:

Describes the width of a way or other map feature. The unit is meters unless otherwise specified.

Why didn't they say "the unit is meters" and leave it at that.
Completely mad.

Cheers,

Mark