[Tagging] [Talk-us] how to tag US townships?

[Richard Weait]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Peter Budny <peterb at gatech.edu> wrote:

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> I forgot to mention control cities (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_city).
> These are cities that are designated for use on highway signs to
> indicate which direction you're heading.  These should definitely appear
> on the map, even if they're relatively small cities (e.g. Valdosta,
> Georgia).

Control cities for highway destination signs are only important on
maps for which control cities on highway
destination signs are important.  Tagging Valdosta as control_city=yes
might make sense, but tagging it as prominent=yes does not.  Just as
tagging Athens, GA as 80s_band_origin_city=yes might make sense, but
tagging it as prominent=yes does not.  Even if you are making a Cities
of the 80s Bands Map.

So don't promote Valdosta based on one aspect of the nature of
Valdosta.  Tell OSM about the nature of Valdosta then render it based
on the aspects that are important for your audience.  Not everybody
cares about my band map.  Or your highway control cities.