On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 at 11:44, Iago Casabiell <iagocasabi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I generated a proposal for the classification criteria of populated > settlements here: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Populated_settlements_classification > . > As others have said, we strive for global applicability. I shudder every time I see "But in my country, we use this tag differently," Carto used by different countries may differ in how features are displayed, but (ideally) the meaning of the tag should be the same. In the case where a country has something that doesn't quite fit current tagging (such as Dutch polders or Spanish dehesas) we should come up with new tags rather than force square pegs into round holes: data consumers don't read the wiki to figure out how a tag is used in a particular country. There are also problems in the UK with what these terms meant historically versus how they're used today versus how the wiki defines them. Historically, a town had at a market and least one place of worship; a village had at least one place of worship but no market; a hamlet had no market and no places of worship; a city had a royal charter which was usually granted to anywhere that had a cathedral (there were and still are exceptions both ways). These historical distinctions are still followed, to an extent: the village of Cilgerran became a town when the economy expanded enough for it to have a market and was relegated to being a village when the economy collapsed and there was no longer a market. Towns without cathedrals are more likely to be formally granted city status than in the past. Some large towns have taken to calling themselves cities even though they do not have a royal charter awarding them that status. Many villages have lost all their places of worship but are still referred to as villages rather than hamlets. OSM uses these terms based on population. What any given place in the UK is mapped as depends on the local knowledge of the mapper and how strictly the mapper follows the wiki. It's a bit of a mess. -- Paul
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