[talk-ph] How to tag Subdivisions - Villages ?

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

I draw a landuse=residential area around the subdivision. This shows
up nicely in certain zoom levels and when the area is large enough.
Check out Corinthian Gardens, Valle Verde, and Green Meadows here:
http://osm.org/go/4zhSgGd9-

On 10/24/09, ian lopez <ian_lopez_1115 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I basically tag notable (read: large to extremely large) "subdivisions" and
> "villages" as place=hamlet. If they don't meet the criteria,
> landuse=residential. Remember that place=village is mostly used for
> barangays.
>
> --- On Sat, 10/24/09, Totor <totor_osm at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> From: Totor <totor_osm at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [talk-ph] How to tag Subdivisions - Villages ?
> To: talk-ph at openstreetmap.org
> Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 9:50 AM
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm not really happy with my Subdivision name tags in Cebu City.
>
> I'm currently using place=suburb wich seems the smallest city sub-division.
> The name already appears on low zoom levels and will
>  clutter the map.
> (The name appears on the map like barangays,
> making it difficult to differentiate both.)
>
> http://osm.org/go/4tRHqMU--
>
> The lower sub-division of cities would be a "locality",
> but this is for "An unpopulated, named place."
> It doesn't seem much used also.
>
> I used to map Subdivisions as  place=subdivision.
> A tag that seems to be used in the Philippines ;
>
> http://tagwatch.stoecker.eu/Philippines/En/keystats_place.html
>
> Unfortunately this is not part of the "official" tags,
> and then the name never appears on any map....
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/255051865
>
>
> Any ideas or suggestions? How do you tag (private)
>  subdivisions?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Totor
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