[talk-ph] City in well city names

Totor totor_osm at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 25 13:11:30 GMT 2010


You mark a point there Eugene, that could indeed be the reason for the word "City" in road signs.

I think we should at least be consistent in the different pages / websites.
>From which data is this page generated : http://openstreetmap.org.ph/viewall.php ?

Regards,

Totor


--- On Wed, 2/24/10, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The reason why you'll see signs that add the word
> "City" is because achieving city status is a
> "badge of honor". The city governments would like
> to proclaim that they are a city (which implies a more
> developed places) every chance they get! So I wouldn't
> put too much weight on those signs and government websites.
> ;-)
> 
> 
> My two centavos,
> Eugene (osm:seav)
> 



      




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