[OSM-talk] US City Import?

[Beej Jorgensen]

Paul Fox wrote:
> i don't think i've ever seen the term "hamlet" applied to a
> community in the US.  i'd think "settlement", or "community".
> maybe someone else can think of another term.

Sorry--I was unclear on this.  I didn't make up "hamlet"--it's an 
official place key value.  I made up the population 100 limit on it.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features#Places

I just noticed "suburb" on there, but I don't have a clear way to 
differentiate one of these from the data I have.

-Beej