Wikipedia has some different information (with references) that are considerably different.
Since the start of the 20th century, local government acts in each state > specify the criteria and thresholds and applications are made to the Governors > of the Australian > states<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governors_of_the_Australian_states>. > Population thresholds currently exist under Local government acts in most > states including New South Wales<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales> > (*1919* - 25,000); South Australia (22,000); Western Australia (30,000) and > Tasmania (10,000). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City#Australia On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Alex Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/12/2012 2:54 PM, Nick Hocking wrote: > >> My view on all this is that if a place has officially been designated as >> a city then we must tag it as such. If it is offically a town then we must >> tag it as a town etc. >> If we can't find any official designation then either common sense of >> maybe a state specific rule could be applied. >> Anyway, in my neck of the woods Goulburn really MUST revert to a city or >> we risk alienating all NSW residents and making our map unacceptable to a >> large number of potential users. >> > I had a look at cities by population from http://www.statoids.com/yau.** > html <http://www.statoids.com/yau.html>. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Key:place<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:place>defines > city "These are defined by charter or other governmental > designation in some territories and are a matter of judgement in others. > Should normally have a population of at least 100,000 people and be larger > than nearby towns. " > > The only real issue where there might be a conflict with OSMI is Charters > Towers with a population of 8893 which is well below 100,000. So it might > be the Australian special case. There are three rural cities with > population less than 10,000 in SA, Goyder, Wakefield and Light but they are > regional names, not those of their towns (Burra, Balaklava and Kapunda). > > As to towns "often with a population of 10,000 people and good range of > local facilities including schools, medical facilities etc and > traditionally a market. In areas of low population towns may have > significantly lower populations." and the smallest Australian one is Jabiru > NT with 1696. > > So maybe as a way forward for tagging Australia > Population > 100,000 - City > 100,000 > Population > 10,000 - Town unless designated as a city > 10,000 > Population > 1,000 - Village unless designated as Town or > Charters Tower which is designated a city > 1,000 > Population - Hamlet > > That should keep locals happy and still be globally consistent? > > Alex > > ______________________________**_________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk-au<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au> >
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