On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Brad Neuhauser <brad.neuhau...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.***"
I looked for and couldn't find anything stating that this was the US convention. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging