Aren't admin_level and place getting at slightly different things? admin_level is to mark official political/legal boundaries. place is to mark a...well...place that has a name, and the place=city|town|village|hamlet does not necessarily align with the type of government (if any) of the place. 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.***" Just like the term "township" that Ant linked to, the same word can have different meanings in different contexts.
Brad On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Antony Pegg <[email protected]> wrote: > ok, I got a question > > tagging admin area / populated centers / labels in USA seems to come down > to two main tags: > > admin_level and place > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Admin_level#10_admin_level_values_for_specific_countries > plus > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Place > > > I've ran into a problem recently fixing up my area, where either the TIGER > import, or inexperienced contributors have/are mis-tagging townships as > being, in some way, more important / more visible than Cities or Towns. > > Before I go further, If you aren't sure exactly what a Township is in the > US, please read this first: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Township_%28United_States%29 > > In rural PA (Lancaster) I am specifically dealing with a buttload of these: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Township_%28United_States%29#Civil_townships > > From personal experience, the best I can equate them to is neighbourhoods > or in-town areas in england. > > West Lampeter is to Lancaster as Tarpots is 918 years ago) to South > Benfleet, or the Sea-front in Southend. > > The problem is that currently we dont have a discrete tag for > place=township and all admin_level= are =8 > > so, half a question, half a statement of intent, unless someone argues me > down from the ledge... > > I'm going to start using place=suburb for townships as the closest > comparison I can find > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dsuburb > > > thx > Ant > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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