[talk-au] place=?

[Cameron]

I think the name used in the tag is not important. I don't think I've ever
heard of a hamlet in Australia heh. I think the words used simply  refer to
the population of the place, not what the place is actually referred to as
(I think I've only ever heard of towns and cities in Australia, but then I'm
not sure where the limit is between them. A better name for the place tag
would be place_population with values 1-10 ranging from population <5 to
population >10 million.

~Cameron

2008/12/2 Hugh Barnes <list.osm at hughbris.com>

> Hi
>
> Another locally flavoured tagging question.
>
> I entered some towns recently. I got stuck wondering whether they were
> actually towns, villages, or hamlets.
>
> I think Australia applies different criteria to determine this designation.
> If
> you follow the guidelines at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:place,
> it
> seems to allow a village to have up to 10,00 people! Can you see where this
> is
> going? That may be a small place in more populous countries, but I'd
> certainly
> call it a town.
>
> Further, places like, say, Charleville (3000) or Quilpie (maybe half that)
> are
> definitely considered towns. They are hubs for large areas. One town I
> wondered
> about is Samford near Brisbane. It has 3000 or so people according to
> Wikipedia, but it's been called a village. (I think it's actually known as
> Samford Village.)
>
> So remoteness seems to count for something.
>
> Any other criteria you can think of?
>
> Is it time there were specific place designation guidelines for Oz places?
> I
> suspect we've been quite inconsistent in their absence.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines
>
> Cheers
>
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