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

[Michael Collinson]

On 28/09/2023 11:18, Andrew Davidson wrote:
> On 28/9/23 08:21, cleary wrote:
>
>> Windorah Qld and Ivanhoe NSW are both currently shown as "town" in 
>> OSM but neither has more than rudimentary health service (if any), a 
>> hotel, small primary school and service station. I couldn't buy a 
>> coffee in either place last time I visited. 
>
> That is the general problem, most people want to inflate the 
> importance of a place so that it renders. Windorah has a population of 
> 76 and Ivanhoe 202. If it's lucky Ivanhoe might rate a village but 
> Windorah is most firmly in the hamlet class.
>
Perhaps this apocryphal Ireland solution should be used? :-)

A house - building

A house and a church - hamlet

A house, a church and a pub - village

A house, a church and two pubs - town