[mkgmap-dev] Possible maxspeed patch

Wed Aug 26 17:36:27 BST 2009

Mark Burton wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Thanks for the contribution - it sounds like a good idea.
> 
> One thought, how about using words and not numbers, words are easier to
> interpret when you come back to them 3 months (5 minutes?) later. So
> you could have something like:
> 
> ignore-maxspeeds (same meaning as now for compatibility but we could
> retire it in the future)
> 
> but then have a new option that gives the flexibility you want:
> 
> maxspeed=ignore    (use speed defined in roadclass)
> maxspeed=heed      (use maxspeed if defined, roadclass otherwise)
> maxspeed=lowest    (use lowest of those speeds)
> maxspeed=highest   (use highest of those speeds - why not?)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark
> 
I'll change it. The original intention was to avoid creating another 
option (as I'd seen some comment about "yet another option"). But I'm 
happy to go down that route.