Martin Trautmann schrieb: > Thus I feel it is not possible to add a pouplation tag directly to a > place. Apart from node, way and area this would require yet another data > primitive, such as data
Why not KISS (keep it stupid simple)? Like David I've been using this on dozens of places just by instinct. Accuracy: The numbers I've put into OSM are what I would have said in personal conversation, like 260,000 instead of 263,814. When looking on a map stating the population (many German Topo-maps do so) I don't see why someone would want to know it down to the person. It's just to get an idea of the place. Being up-to-date: When rounding the numbers as shown above you're still quite close when the population changes to say 255,000. And even when ten years pass and it drops to 220,000 I (as map user) would not bother about the offset. But surely the tag would've been updated many times, remember that people here are even willing to tag construction sites. And BTW population changes on a daily basis and even the local administration won't know the exact figures with better that a few percent accuracy. So I will keep on tagging rounded population figures, because I consider them useful. regards, Sven _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
