[Talk-in] Classifying places - cities, towns and villages

[Shajeer M]

I am also with Arun. Classification should be determined by political classifications as  outlined by administrative bodies. For example if someone asks which are the metro cities in India, what would be the answer?

From: Kiran Jonnalagadda 
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:09 AM
To: talk-in at openstreetmap.org 
Subject: Re: [Talk-in] Classifying places - cities, towns and villages

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 6:34 AM, I Chengappa <imchengappa at gmail.com> wrote:

  On a worldwide comparison, different countries will have different usages, and ultimately only the population can be the determinant.

I'm with Arun on this one -- population is a poor determinant. Different parts of the world have different population densities. Cities, towns and villages are political classifications, defined by administrative bodies, and the rules for these vary by country.

OSM should recognize existing rules on the ground where they exist.

Kiran


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