[Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

[Martin Simon]

2010/6/1 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> On 1 June 2010 19:41, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> why should we use a theory of spacial planning of the 1930ies that is
>> loosing importance, and that is (as far as I understand it) less
>
> I think he was making a point about others already trying to
> standardise cities and how they weren't able to do it either and they
> probably spent a lot more time and effort on the problem.

Well, actually I think the idea is not that bad at all, as it
describes how "important" a place is to its surroundings, based on how
broad and specialised the services it offers are.
For example, I've been in a Croatian Island for mapping, er, vacation
last year. The "capital" of this island has half the population of the
village in Germany where I lived in my childhood, but it's a real
town, offering far more services than a typical German village in the
middle Rhine valley. ;-)

But I don't know how to implement something like this in osm without
running into a discussion on how important or unimportant single
services are (in different cultures, of course).

-Martin