<div dir="ltr"><br><div>Around here they seem to just be somewhat random areas of town. Not formal neighborhoods or anything. Examples:</div><div><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/151609519">http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/151609519</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/151882535">http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/151882535</a></div><div><br></div><div>I've already deleted a couple of others because they didn't make much sense and caused odd geocoding in Nominatim.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Toby</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Richard Welty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rwelty@averillpark.net" target="_blank">rwelty@averillpark.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 6/21/13 9:17 AM, Serge Wroclawski wrote:<br>
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During the TIGER import, small neighborhoods were imported as hamlets.<br>
<br>
I am not sure what this means in rural areas, but in urban places,<br>
hamlets are often just places like apartment complexes, or other<br>
nondescript places.<br>
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i think this varies state-to-state. the following applies to NY.<br>
<br>
hamlets are not incorporated areas and have no government functions.<br>
<br>
in urban areas, hamlets are generally once distinct communities<br>
that have been absorbed into larger entities. they have no legal standing,<br>
but frequently the postal service will still deliver based on the name.<br>
<br>
in rural areas in NY, hamlets generally have white on green road signs<br>
erected by the state highway department and may have a CDP boundary.<br>
local post offices and/or school districts may use the same name as the<br>
hamlet.<br>
<br>
the CDP boundaries are at best vaguely related to the post office delivery<br>
routes sharing the name.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
richard</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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