[talk-au] Tagging towns by relative importance, not just population size

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Wed, 27 Sept 2023 at 16:29, Ian Sergeant <inas66+osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Aren't most places classified by the government authority as
> cities/villages/towns/localities/suburbs?
>

Possibly so, but they don't necessarily match what OSM says!

Is it done by population currently?  I didn't think so..
>

Not by Govt, but population is supposed to be (or at least was) the main
criteria for OSM.

Have now added some possible criteria to the Guideline's Talk page

Thanks

Graeme
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