Hi, I have been working in OSMI to tidy up Australia's places. My goal is to try and get it roughly in line with the quality in New Zealand.
There are a few places with non-numeric population tags, a few labelled "town" but the population is tiny (100-200). I have been trying to work out a reasonably consistent methodology for City vs Town. I am thinking of ensuring that all "City" councils are listed as a city. Additionally every "City" should have a recent population tag which I have been taking from the 2011 Census. This makes it easier for people making maps from the data as they can differentiate large/small cities. As for very small "towns" the situation is less clear. Most towns don't have a population tag so OSMI does not flag them, the few that do get flagged. I think we will just have to leave those as is since the local community will have a better sense of if the locals consider a place to be a town or a village. Thanks, Leith Bade [email protected]
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