* Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com [2011-08-31 14:33 +0200]:
No, suburb is actually not necessarily outside the city (in OSM), it
is used for central districts as well.
I've often been confused by the suburb tag and maybe someone can clear it
up for me.
The tags place=city,
2011/8/31 Phil! Gold phi...@pobox.com:
* Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com [2011-08-31 14:33 +0200]:
No, suburb is actually not necessarily outside the city (in OSM), it
is used for central districts as well.
I've often been confused by the suburb tag and maybe someone can clear it
I've often been confused by the suburb tag and maybe someone can clear it
up for me.
The tags place=city, place=town, place=village, and place=hamlet are
mutually exclusive; if a spot is in a place=village, then it's not in an
adjacent place=town. It seems to be that place=suburb is
In Australia (and New Zealand) a suburb is a named, legally defined
area that is part of your address. It is usually (always?) smaller
than a local government area (My local government, Moreton Bay Shire,
has 25-30 suburbs, could be more). The borders are routinely shown on
street maps, or the
