[talk-au] Cities in Australia

[Ross]

Hi Leith,

Problem is that the place= definitions in the main part of the wiki 
really do not apply to Australia.

I'd consider Port Macquarie a city.

Cheers
Ross


On 14/11/15 15:07, Leith Bade wrote:
> 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 <mailto:leith at mapbox.com>
>
> On 13 November 2015 at 22:24, Ross <info at 4x4falcon.com 
> <mailto: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 <mailto:leith at mapbox.com>
>>
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