Martin began this thread after a discussion in the Italian List [1] . Problem arise because we've official toponyms (they are used in addresses, in scarcely inhabited areas, where roads have not an official name). These toponyms are not strictly related to the (few) dispersed houses, but also to the surrounding woods, meadows, fields, etc There aren't official borders for these areas, so we'd use just only a node, not a closed way to identify the zone.
To show an example, in this screenshot [2] you can read several toponyms related to this area [3] : coloured dots are buildings with related toponym being in their addresses. You can find (several times) the same issue in the discussion page for place=locality [4] : in my opinion, place=locality could resolve this issue if we change "unpopulated place" with "unpopulated or scarcely inhabited place". Ciao, Marco [1] http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/Cantone-contrada-localita-regione-tp5897927.html [2] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B65acVCG5NRQTVZ1MFg0aF9jSDQ [3] https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/45.5461/7.9607 [4] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:place%3Dlocality >* On Jun 14, 2017, at 11:31 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com ><https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging>> wrote: *> >* Looking at the currently available place values, there are still some gaps to fill. IMHO we should have something for dispersed settlements / scattered settlements, as locality is for places where the name doesn't refer to something inhabited. *> >* Which term is better understood / used in the UK, dispersed settlements or scattered settlements? *> >* Other thoughts? *> >* Cheers, *>* Martin *>* _______________________________________________ *>* Tagging mailing list *>* Tagging at openstreetmap.org <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging> *>* https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging> *
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