Rather than a categorization, a better value for the tag would be the actual population estimate.- the use of a value rather than a category is common in metadata (specifying measured precision rather than allocating a class, for example). This allows software more potential and flexibility in rendering and display and removes some possibility for interpretation error. In this case it would be a verifiable fact that can be corrected without interpretation.
just a thought jim On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:17 AM, Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the name used in the tag is not important. I don't think I've ever > heard of a hamlet in Australia heh. I think the words used simply refer to > the population of the place, not what the place is actually referred to as > (I think I've only ever heard of towns and cities in Australia, but then I'm > not sure where the limit is between them. A better name for the place tag > would be place_population with values 1-10 ranging from population <5 to > population >10 million. > > ~Cameron > > 2008/12/2 Hugh Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Hi >> >> Another locally flavoured tagging question. >> >> I entered some towns recently. I got stuck wondering whether they were >> actually towns, villages, or hamlets. >> >> I think Australia applies different criteria to determine this >> designation. If >> you follow the guidelines at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:place, >> it >> seems to allow a village to have up to 10,00 people! Can you see where >> this is >> going? That may be a small place in more populous countries, but I'd >> certainly >> call it a town. >> >> Further, places like, say, Charleville (3000) or Quilpie (maybe half that) >> are >> definitely considered towns. They are hubs for large areas. One town I >> wondered >> about is Samford near Brisbane. It has 3000 or so people according to >> Wikipedia, but it's been called a village. (I think it's actually known as >> Samford Village.) >> >> So remoteness seems to count for something. >> >> Any other criteria you can think of? >> >> Is it time there were specific place designation guidelines for Oz places? >> I >> suspect we've been quite inconsistent in their absence. >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines >> >> Cheers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-au mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > -- _________________ Jim Croft ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ +61-2-62509499 "Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality." - Joseph Conrad, author (1857-1924) _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
