Thanks Alex, that’s very helpful to me. Nev
> On 21 Sep 2022, at 9:55 pm, Alex Sims <a...@softgrow.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > In general abbreviations and commas are avoided in tagging OpenStreetMap > wide, so no don’t add a comma but add an appropriate tag. > > The Australian tagging guidelines > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines/Land_and_boundaries > don’t have an example using a node as a label, but the suburb of Cremorne, > NSW does, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5655122 > > So in the case of Scarborough, the relation > https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11677688 should have the node > https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/268549421 added as a “label”. This will > then show up as the “centre” of Scarborough. > > The node https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/268549421 should have the name > changed back to just “Scarborough” and the population tags moved to the > relation. > > Alex > > From: Nev W <nevwo...@gmail.com> > Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2022 at 8:22 pm > To: talk OSM Australian List <Talk-au@openstreetmap.org> > Subject: [talk-au] Place name as name=Scarborough, Queensland, Australia > > Hi > I have noticed that place names are altered to add the state, or country, > city in OSM. > Here is an example https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/268549421/history > I have tried correcting what I see as incorrect tagging. > But on reflection, is it ok to define the place with the addition of a comma > and further definition? > Is there something on the wiki to point these mappers to that clarifies this? > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dsuburb
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