I would guess that they could be: Austinville - place=hamlet Springbrook - place=village
On 4/29/19, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 06:23, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I cannot imagine houses that are several kilometers away being part of a >> hamlet, in a settlement sense. Can you give an example please, maybe this >> can occur in very low density areas? >> > > I mentioned these the other week in discussions about place=locality. > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4313816641 is the area known as > Austinville, which is spread out over ~20 sq km along Austinville Rd & > surrounding area, & has a population of ~360. There is no "town centre" as > such - no shop, no service station, no pub, no church which are the usual > defining features. The only similar thing is the Community Hall. The area > is currently listed in OSM as place=locality, should it be a hamlet, either > as a node or an area? > > Springbrook > https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4316622215#map=15/-28.2069/153.2700 has > a population of ~600 & is the plateau on top of Springbrook Mountain. It > has a general store, State (Primary) School, a pub & a few cafes, but, once > again, no real "centre". It's also a place=locality, so should it be a > hamlet? > > Thanks > > Graeme > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
