On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Nathan Edgars II <nerou...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Brad Neuhauser > <brad.neuhau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From the place page: > > "In most Western countries, the status of a location (whether it is a > > city/town/etc.), is decided by the government, and is not a function of > > size. ***But most OSM communities of those countries have made a > convention > > to use the population to decide which place tag to use, to ensure a more > > common way of tagging across the globe, and not to end up with cities of > > 1000 residents for example.***" > > I looked for and couldn't find anything stating that this was the US > convention. > > > ...which is why some states are stuffed full of place labels and others are extremely sparse. (if you haven't, see http://www.41latitude.com/post/1349685626/openstreetmap-critique-2) The US community seems to need *some* convention.
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