[Talk-us] Hamlets!

[Serge Wroclawski]

On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Mike N <niceman at att.net> wrote:
> On 6/21/2013 9:17 AM, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
>>
>> I realized only after last week's discussion about neighborhoods that
>> the hamlets (which are distinct from nehighborhoods) are the things
>> messing up the geocoder.
>
>
>   I would say not to touch any hamlets; let the locals fix them up
> appropriately.

The goal is to share our experiences with them and determine what, if
anything, should be done.

It's clear that in NYC, some of them are neighborhoods, some are
public housing projects, some are historical, and we aren't sure what
others are.

People in other places are reporting their experiences, which seem to
be highly localized- everything from the data is worthless, to these
hamlets are being used to describe small communities.

> Their presence doesn't hurt anything, aside from the small
> geocoding hiccup or map not rendering optimally.

The map should reflect ground reality, so unless there are hamlets in
these places, we should strive to fix them. By sharing our
experiences, we can have a better sense of how others are doing that,
and we can use that to inform our local decisions.

- Serge