Around here they seem to just be somewhat random areas of town. Not formal neighborhoods or anything. Examples: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/151609519 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/151882535
I've already deleted a couple of others because they didn't make much sense and caused odd geocoding in Nominatim. Toby On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Richard Welty <rwe...@averillpark.net>wrote: > On 6/21/13 9:17 AM, Serge Wroclawski wrote: > >> During the TIGER import, small neighborhoods were imported as hamlets. >> >> I am not sure what this means in rural areas, but in urban places, >> hamlets are often just places like apartment complexes, or other >> nondescript places. >> >> i think this varies state-to-state. the following applies to NY. > > hamlets are not incorporated areas and have no government functions. > > in urban areas, hamlets are generally once distinct communities > that have been absorbed into larger entities. they have no legal standing, > but frequently the postal service will still deliver based on the name. > > in rural areas in NY, hamlets generally have white on green road signs > erected by the state highway department and may have a CDP boundary. > local post offices and/or school districts may use the same name as the > hamlet. > > the CDP boundaries are at best vaguely related to the post office delivery > routes sharing the name. > > richard > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk-us<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us> >
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