As far as I remember, those city names where OSM place=town/city nodes. I extracted that data for Andre last year (unless they updated the data).
On 2/25/10, Totor <[email protected]> wrote: > You mark a point there Eugene, that could indeed be the reason for the word > "City" in road signs. > > I think we should at least be consistent in the different pages / websites. > From which data is this page generated : > http://openstreetmap.org.ph/viewall.php ? > > Regards, > > Totor > > > --- On Wed, 2/24/10, Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]> wrote: >> The reason why you'll see signs that add the word >> "City" is because achieving city status is a >> "badge of honor". The city governments would like >> to proclaim that they are a city (which implies a more >> developed places) every chance they get! So I wouldn't >> put too much weight on those signs and government websites. >> ;-) >> >> >> My two centavos, >> Eugene (osm:seav) >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
