[mkgmap-dev] Commit: r1184: Allow white space before mph and kph suffixes in speeds.

Tue Sep 15 16:58:53 BST 2009

On 15 Sep 2009, at 7:54 , Chris-Hein Lunkhusen wrote:

> svn commit schrieb:
>> Version 1184 was commited by steve on 2009-09-12 13:48:13 +0100  
>> (Sat, 12 Sep 2009)
>>
>> Allow white space before mph and kph suffixes in speeds.
>
> Is kph the same as kmh or km/h (usual in germany) ?
>
> Are maxspeed tags with an unknown unit of measurey considered as  
> beeing
> non existent or are they considered as having the default unit
> (kilometers per hour) ?
>

osm units are always SI units unless explicitly changed. also  
elevation tag is always in m without unit specified.
using mph or kph or anything else is bad practice for an international  
database.

> Chris
>
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