Key:maxspeed:type
 maxspeed:type
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One of two ways to specify the type of speed limit 
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maxspeed:type=* describes how a speed limit has been set into force. It should be accompanied by a maxspeed=* tag (don't forget to add all other vehicle maxspeed sub-tags that differ if you do add it, or you'd actually be adding incorrect data to the map!), although omitting maxspeed=* and relying on data-consumer-side parsing of actual speed limits is preferred by some (in cases where exact value of km/h or mph is not explicitly signed).
maxspeed:type=* is only in used in certain regions of the world, such as the United Kingdom. In other regions for consistency and simplicity of practice the tag source:maxspeed=* should be used instead, which serves the same function in those regions.
Description
This tag can be used to information about the type of speed limit specified in maxspeed=*. More specific, the tag informs about the method how given speed limit had been set into force. This can be, as example
- maxspeed:type=sign - by a speed limit sign for specific road at traffic sign location
- maxspeed:type=construction - by a time-limited regulation shown by speed limit signs
- maxspeed:type=FR:urban - by law for roads in residential area
- maxspeed:type=AT:rural - by law for country-side roads
- maxspeed:type=GB:nsl_single - by law for non-motorway single carriageways
- maxspeed:type=NL:motorway - by law for roads with controlled access
- maxspeed:type=PL:rural/maxspeed:type=PL:urban - default speed limits in Poland
In cases where traffic signs had been mapped separate from ways as individual nodes or are missing at all, this tag maxspeed:type=sign informs that current speed limit on a way had been set into force by a traffic sign.
The tag maxspeed:type=* is useful in cases where actual speed limit had been tagged as a hard value like maxspeed=120 which is or was valid by law at time of editing. But law might be changed at some time and maximum allowed speed given by law as well. As long as value of a maxspeed tag had not been changed or should not be changed from a numeric value to preferred context related value like maxspeed=NL:motorway, tag maxspeed:type=* may help to identify such cases by automated procedures.
While usage of maxspeed:type=* is growing, in history tag source:maxspeed=* had been used for similar purpose by same semantics. See Speed limits for more information.
Visualisation
The tag maxspeed:type=sign may indicate that applicable speed limit may be shown as traffic sign.
The tag maxspeed:type=* with value <country_code>:<context> may indicate that applicable speed limit may be shown as related symbol or icon, especially for rural or urban areas.
How to use
If a set of attributes of a way containing the tag maxspeed=* should be extended by tag maxspeed:type=*:
- In cases of an applicable traffic sign using a numeric value for a speed limit: Add tag maxspeed:type=sign
- In cases of an applicable law limits maximum allowed speed limit: Add a tag maxspeed:type=* with value <country_code>:<context>
Values
Germany
- Main article: DE:Key:maxspeed:type
Values for Germany:
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maxspeed=* maxspeed:type=sign |
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maxspeed=* maxspeed:type=DE:zone* or zone:maxspeed=DE:* |
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maxspeed=walk[1] maxspeed:type=DE:living_street |
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maxspeed=30 maxspeed:type=DE:bicycle_road |
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maxspeed=50 maxspeed:type=DE:urban |
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maxspeed=100 maxspeed:type=DE:rural |
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maxspeed=none maxspeed:type=DE:motorway |
Netherlands
Values for the European part of the Netherlands:
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maxspeed=* maxspeed:type=sign |
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maxspeed=* maxspeed:type=NL:zone* or zone:maxspeed=NL:* |
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maxspeed=15 maxspeed:type=NL:living_street |
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maxspeed=50 maxspeed:type=NL:urban |
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maxspeed=80 maxspeed:type=NL:rural |
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maxspeed=100 maxspeed:type=NL:motorroad |
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maxspeed=130 maxspeed:type=NL:motorway |
Poland
Values for Poland (note that some values listed here are barely used):
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maxspeed=* maxspeed:type=sign |
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maxspeed=* maxspeed:type=PL:zone* or zone:maxspeed=PL:* |
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maxspeed=20 maxspeed:type=PL:living_street |
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maxspeed=50 maxspeed:type=PL:urban |
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maxspeed=120 or maxspeed=100 maxspeed:type=PL:motorroad |
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maxspeed=140 maxspeed:type=PL:motorway |
United Kingdom
| Value | When to use | Accompanying tags | Taginfo |
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| maxspeed:type=sign | Where there are signs stating a speed limit (a number in a red circle). | Tag either: | |
| maxspeed:type=GB:nsl_restricted | Where there is an implicit 30 mph speed limit, due to the road having street lights. Used in England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. | Tag maxspeed=30 mph and lit=yes or lit=24/7 | |
| maxspeed:type=GB-WLS:nsl_restricted | Where there is an implicit 20 mph speed limit, due to the road having street lights. Used in Wales. | Tag maxspeed=20 mph and lit=yes or lit=24/7 | |
| maxspeed:type=GB:nsl_single | Where the road is a single carriageway and subject to the national speed limit (a white sign with a diagonal black line). | Tag maxspeed=60 mph | |
| maxspeed:type=GB:nsl_dual | Where the road is a dual carriageway and subject to the national speed limit (a white sign with a diagonal black line). | Tag maxspeed=70 mph | |
| maxspeed:type=GB:motorway | Where the road is a motorway and subject to the national speed limit (a white sign with a diagonal black line). | Tag maxspeed=70 mph and highway=motorway or highway=motorway_link | |
| maxspeed:type=GB:zone20 | Where there are explicit signs consisting of a red circle with "20" inside and the word "ZONE" underneath. Used in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Should not be used in Wales. | Tag maxspeed=20 mph | |
| maxspeed:type=GB:zone40 | Where there are explicit signs consisting of a red circle with "40" inside and the word "ZONE" underneath (40mph zone signs used on Dartmoor are of a slightly different design). | Tag maxspeed=40 mph |
Implied maxspeed values
| GB:zone20 | GB:zone40 | sign maxspeed=20 mph |
sign maxspeed=30 mph |
sign maxspeed=40 mph |
sign maxspeed=50 mph |
sign maxspeed=60 mph |
GB:nsl_restricted | GB-WLS:nsl_restricted | GB:nsl_single | GB:nsl_dual | GB:motorway | |
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| Cars, motorcycles, and car-based van up to 2 tonnes MLW | 20 mph | 40 mph | 20 mph | 30 mph | 40 mph | 50 mph | 60 mph | 30 mph | 20 mph | 60 mph | 70 mph | 70 mph |
| Buses, coaches, minibuses up to 12m and goods vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes MLW | 20 mph | 40 mph | 20 mph | 30 mph | 40 mph | 50 mph | 50 mph | 30 mph | 20 mph | 50 mph | 60 mph | 70 mph |
| Towing caravans, trailers, or articulated. Includes cars, motorcycles, and goods vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes MLW | 20 mph | 40 mph | 20 mph | 30 mph | 40 mph | 50 mph | 50 mph | 30 mph | 20 mph | 50 mph | 60 mph | 60 mph |
| Goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes MLW | 20 mph | 40 mph | 20 mph | 30 mph | 40 mph | 40 mph | 40 mph | 30 mph | 20 mph | 40 mph | 50 mph | 60 mph |
Source: User:Jamicu/UK_Speed_Limits
See also
- Main: Speed limits and discussion at Talk:Speed limits
- source:maxspeed=* - Records the source for a speed limit, either a sign, a context (default limit) or a speedlimit zone
- zone:maxspeed=* - Used to mark streets which are part of a maxspeed zone
- zone:traffic=* - Describes if a public road is in a specific trafficzone
- ↑ This value is implicitly specified through highway=living_street and doesn't need to be added.