admin_level=8, as per > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Admin_level#10_admin_level_values_for_specific_countries
place=suburb if it's a bit of a larger urban area place=town if it corresponds to a reasonably large standalone urban area place=village if it corresponds to a single small standalone urban area place=locality if it's not got a single small standalone area All of those are subject to the name being meaningful (ie one that at least some people might use to refer to the area in common speech). If the name shouldn't go bang in the centre of the area, create a node where the name should go and put the place tag there instead. Richard On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Antony Pegg <anttheli...@gmail.com> 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 > > 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 > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
