[OSM-talk] bulk loading towns/cities locations

[Alex S.]

Paul wrote:
> Is there a feature to bulk load the location of  towns/villages/cities
> etc..? ie just the marker for its location (not the ways)
> 
> I found that there maybe several towns not loaded into OSM for Australia
> , so would it be easier to load these placemakers into the system in Bulk?

Is there a free source for the data in a structured format, such as a 
csv or xml?  If yes, then there is - it's just a matter of writing an 
import tool - one can use Dave Hansen's TIGER import script as a guideline.