Should we tag rural towns and localities as more significant centres, just so rural Australia doesn't appear empty on a rendered low zoom map?
+ No, a renderer should be able to manage the display - and can display lower significance items when they aren't crowded by more significant ones. Should we tag rural towns and localities as significant centres to accurately reflect their role in the surrounding area, even when they have a low population? + Yes, Some towns have very low population counts, but are very significant administrative and service centres to the surrounding communities. They are a real towns, and not just localities. We should reflect this reality on the map with the place= tag. Population data shouldn't be entered at all.. It just extra information to get out of date, and it can be obtained elsewhere. Lets focus on what OSM does best, mapping to reflect the reality on the ground. Ian. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
