[talk-au] Cities in Australia

Leith Bade leith at mapbox.com
Sat Nov 14 05:07:29 UTC 2015


Hi Ross,

Yeah I finished adding population tags (and updating old ones) to all
cities in Tasmania and NSW using the 2011 Census. It has seemed to help
improve the map a bit.

I will also continue adding population to the other "Significant Urban
Areas" that are towns as defined by Census. Hopefully these get picked up.
However maybe these significant towns should be made "cities" for the
purposes of OSM to remain consistent. E.g. Port Macquarie is technically
still a town, but is bigger than a number of regional NSW cities.

Thanks,
Leith Bade
leith at mapbox.com

On 13 November 2015 at 22:24, Ross <info at 4x4falcon.com> wrote:

> Hi Again,
>
> This has been discussed before:
>
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#City.2C_Town_or_Village.3F
>
> I'd suggest searching/reading the wiki to see what's been accepted and why
> things are as they are.
>
> Adding a population key is probably a good idea though.
>
> Cheers
> Ross
>
>
>
> On 13/11/15 18:42, Leith Bade wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been working in OSMI to tidy up Australia's places. My goal is to
> try and get it roughly in line with the quality in New Zealand.
>
> There are a few places with non-numeric population tags, a few labelled
> "town" but the population is tiny (100-200).
>
> I have been trying to work out a reasonably consistent methodology for
> City vs Town.
>
> I am thinking of ensuring that all "City" councils are listed as a city.
>
> Additionally every "City" should have a recent population tag which I have
> been taking from the 2011 Census. This makes it easier for people making
> maps from the data as they can differentiate large/small cities.
>
> As for very small "towns" the situation is less clear. Most towns don't
> have a population tag so OSMI does not flag them, the few that do get
> flagged. I think we will just have to leave those as is since the local
> community will have a better sense of if the locals consider a place to be
> a town or a village.
>
> Thanks,
> Leith Bade
> leith at mapbox.com
>
>
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