On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:34 AM, David Earl <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23/03/2009 12:13, Adam Schreiber wrote: >> >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Elena of Valhalla >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> finding a working algorithm that uses only objective data and is >>> always able to select the proper item to print would be excellent, but >>> also probably not feasible in real life. >> >> Population? People can vote importance with their feet. > > Population's not enough. Some places "punch above their weight" - the > example I like to use is Hay-on-Wye in Powys. It's under 2,000 people but is > most clearly an important market town for the surrounding area. In > population it would be a modest village, but it is more important than that. > > Similarly, many US states have capitals which would otherwise be relatively > insignificant towns/cities (take Albany NY for example). Their > administrative function makes them more important than population alone > would suggest.
Albany would also no doubt have capital=yes set to further elevate it. Cheers, Adam _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
