[Talk-GB] Town v City (again, sorry!)

[SomeoneElse]

Tom Hughes wrote:
> On 22/04/14 13:29, SomeoneElse wrote:
>
>> 1) "place=city" in OSM might or might not not mean the same as "is a
>> ceremonial city, as defined in the UK"
>
> There is no "might" about it. The wiki at least is explicit:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dcity
>

Absolutely - and the wiki's said that since Mike Collinson first wrote 
the page ages ago.  By "might or might not" I was trying to summarise 
the previous email discussion.

> 2) We need some way to represent ceremonial city, if it's not to be
>> "place=city"
> Sure, if you want uk_legal_status=city then go ahead and add that.
>

"designation=city" perhaps?  Isn't that what the "designation" tag is 
supposed to be for?

Cheers,

Andy