[Talk-GB] OpenKent, OSM coverage estimation

[SomeoneElse]

On 08/06/2011 08:15, Peter Miller wrote:
> ...
> On a separate note. Would you be able to do a comparison between place
> names in NatGaz and in OSM. I think we will be surprised how many
> places we are still missing from OSM. My guess is that OSM only
> contains about 65% of the 50K places in that database. Here it is:
> http://data.gov.uk/dataset/nptg
>
On that separate note, places may be "missing" from OSM because they 
don't actually exist any more as separate entities.  According to locals 
the place where I've lived for many years is either one or two villages 
depending on who you ask (OSM has it as two).  The OS has about seven 
hamlets, three of which are in the nptg "Localilities" file as distinct 
localities in column 2, which I suspect predate the industrialisation of 
the area.

Cheers,
Andy