On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 at 10:19, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 23. Jan 2019, at 22:35, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > According to the wiki, they're not > > based on services either. > > > if the wiki says it explicitly like this we should fix it. > Just looking & it's a mixture, & also a bit of a mess =city: the largest settlement or settlements within a territory =town: an important urban centre ... normally have a good range of shops and facilities which are used by people from nearby villages. =village: A settlement with between 1,000 and 10,000 inhabitants =hamlet: an isolated settlement, typically with less than 100-200 inhabitants =isolated_dwelling: the smallest kind of human settlement. They are outside other settlements ... must not consist of more than 2 households =locality: an unpopulated location (but the example photo is of an inhabited village!) I would suggest we remove all reference to number of inhabitants, & base the decision on each mappers own recognition of how "important" this place is, so an isolated "village" with only a few hundred people in it, but which is the main centre for this area will be a town, & maybe even a city? I'm happy to have a go at them if we're willing? Thanks Graeme
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