On Fri Feb 12 13:52:13 2016 GMT, Andy Townsend wrote: > > which makes it clear why using the "legal city definition" might not > make sense in OSM _across the board_. It might in some places (it's > essentially what the Irish do, I believe), but I'd argue it doesn't here > because of e.g. St David's (see below) and Telford, which despite its > size doesn't really feel like a city to me - although if someone more > local says I'm wrong, I'll believe them.
I'm local, and you are not wrong. A city needs to be more than a big housing estate and a shopping centre that closes in the evening. True 50 years after the original planners blunder they are doing something about it. > > I'd be interested to see the history of St David's. The current node > > http://osm.mapki.com/history/node.php?id=3712052604 > > was only created in August 2015; I wonder what it was before? > It was certainly a city before then, as far as I remember it was a road junction node, I should be able find it when I get home. Phil (trigpoint ) -- Sent from my Jolla _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
