<div><div dir="auto">For cities there must be a point associated to the polygon to tell where the center is (maybe 2 if the city is poly centric, like Budapest maybe ?)</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">djakk</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Le mer. 8 août 2018 à 05:25, Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 6:41 PM,
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<div>I'm not disagreeing with you, but people do
refer to them, & somehow even measure them, as
points!</div>
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<div>I'm sure that you have the same situation in
your country but an e.g. is my State capital,
Brisbane: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane</a>,
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<div>covers an area of 15842 km2, but is still
apparently found exactly at:
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<div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">Quite
so. <br>
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<div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">To
measure distances between towns/cities, some point is
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<div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">While
in theory someone wishing to do so could query for the Admin
level outline and compute the centroid, when a government
entity has declared a named point to match the Admin level
boundary, it's convenient if everyone uses the same one.<br>
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<div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">If
there are countries which for which open-licensed town
centers aren't available, the local mapping communities can
decide what is right for them. Postoffice, Town Hall,
Centroid, Flagpole, whatever. <br>
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The centre of a place is a little cultural, a little of frequent use
and a little from signs. <br>
In Europe I suspect it is the railway station ..lots of signs
pointing there. <br>
In rural Australia I would go with the post office, though the pub
is quite popular. :) <br>
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