[Talk-GB] Should a place be tagged with a node or area?

Thanks Phil, Our local place mapping must be quite primitive, because few place boundaries are mapped. Do you mean that both the boundary and node should carry the place=tag? Where there isn't a clear boundary to the place, should the mapper estimate it? Glad to hear I've been putting the nodes

[Talk-GB] Traditional/Historic Counties

Hi Colin, Thanks for the reply and offer of assistance, and also thanks for your administrative boundary gpx files which have been very useful for mapping local parishes. I was aware of the mapping of ceremonial counties but they're actually based upon the post-1974 administrative counties with

Re: [Talk-GB] Traditional/Historic Counties

Normally places are mapped with both a boundary and node. A node is certainly needed for navigation and should be somewhere sensible, normally the centre is where someone who puts the placename into a satnav would expect to end up, rather than a housing estate in the geographical centre. Phil

Re: [Talk-GB] Traditional/Historic Counties

Hi Adam, OSM does contain "Ceremonial Counties", i.e. Lieutenancy areas (in England). They are mapped as boundary=ceremonial. Basically they represent the counties as they existed just before the 1974 LGA. The boundaries still change occasionally to keep pace with (minor) changes to

[Talk-GB] Traditional/Historic Counties

Hello, Apologies for asking two questions in quick succession. It has occurred to me that the traditional/historic UK counties aren't mapped in OSM and I wondered if it would be acceptable to add relations for these with the boundary=historic tag. I know that we have Historical OSM for long

[Talk-GB] Should a place be tagged with a node or area?

Hi, What is the current consensus about whether to use nodes or areas for places? I've always used nodes, but I have spotted a few mapped as areas. I can see the advantage of having an area, but often places don't have clear boundaries. Sometimes parish/ward boundaries do correspond with the edge

Re: [Talk-GB] Propose automated edit to update NAPTAN data in the west mids

On 03-Feb-17 17:52, Brian Prangle wrote: In line with the automated edits policy there's a wikipage with full details I realise that this proposal is only for West Midlands, but if it were extended nationwide, I'd