[talk-au] Place name as name=Scarborough, Queensland, Australia

[Nev]

Thanks Alex,
that’s very helpful to me.
Nev


> On 21 Sep 2022, at 9:55 pm, Alex Sims <alex at softgrow.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
>  
> In general abbreviations and commas are avoided in tagging OpenStreetMap wide, so no don’t add a comma but add an appropriate tag.
>  
> The Australian  tagging guidelines https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines/Land_and_boundaries don’t have an example using a node as a label, but the suburb of Cremorne, NSW does, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5655122
>  
> So in the case of Scarborough, the relation https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11677688 should have the node https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/268549421 added as a “label”. This will then show up as the “centre” of Scarborough.
>  
> The node https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/268549421 should have the name changed back to just “Scarborough” and the population tags moved to the relation.
>  
> Alex
>  
> From: Nev W <nevwosm2 at gmail.com>
> Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2022 at 8:22 pm
> To: talk OSM Australian List <Talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: [talk-au] Place name as name=Scarborough, Queensland, Australia
> 
> Hi
> I have noticed that place names are altered to add the state, or country, city in OSM.
> Here is an example https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/268549421/history
> I have tried correcting what I see as incorrect tagging.
> But on reflection, is it ok to define the place with the addition of a comma and further definition?
> Is there something on the wiki to point these mappers to that clarifies this?
>  
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dsuburb
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