[OSM-talk] How to map quarters?

[John Smith]

2009/9/12 Frankie Roberto <frankie at frankieroberto.com>:
> 2009/9/11 Emilie Laffray <emilie.laffray at gmail.com>
>
>> > Any ideas why we don't have "quarter" tag?
>> >
>> >
>> Well I mentioned it before, but I really believe that for something like
>> the French Quarter, it is better to use locality.
>
> I've always used suburb, but locality might be a good alternative.

>From the map features page:

place=locality 	  	An unpopulated, named place.

I'm pretty sure what you guys are discussing involves large numbers of
people, so please don't abuse this tag which is already used for a
completely different purpose already.