The problem with "suburb" is like the problem with "football": there are two meanings, and a very large population that doesn't know about the other meaning. That guarantees widespread misuse.
-- Mark On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:55:55 -0400 Brian Stromberg <brian.stromb...@gmail.com> wrote: > If suburb is a commonly understood and useful concept in other > countries then it seems good to keep it around. I don't really know > what the implications are of retirement or what the process would be. > I would instead advocate for country-specific guidance on its usage. > > -- > Brian > > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 11:38 AM Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> > wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 8:32 AM Brian Stromberg > > <brian.stromb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> This contradicts the OSM wiki but seems like the only way to avoid > >> confusion. > >> > > > > Much like sport=american_football vs sport=soccer, this makes sense. > > Maybe it's time to retire place=suburb as a tag due to its > > ambiguity? > > > > > >> The only reason I can think of to use 'suburb' as a tag in the > >> context of the United States would be if a tag indicating 'central > >> city' or something similar was introduced. > >> > > > > Ostensibly, that's what place=city was supposed to be, but not > > helping OSM would be that some places have cities and towns of > > different legal importance (Oklahoma), or "it's a city or it's not > > a city" with no room for nuance (Oregon). Not making things any > > easier is how lopsided populations are in the US, a midsize > > municipality is about 5500 people. Once you get to about 90,000, > > you're in the top 2% largest anything in the US. > > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list > > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
