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> On 2. Jan 2019, at 01:11, Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I understand that the UK is an exception, because the status of > 'town', 'village', 'city' and so on relates to whether a given > settlement has a church, a market, and similar facilities, and > therefore does reflect somewhat the status of the settlement relative > to its hinterland. (That scheme would surely not work for the US, > where for instance, we have many country churches that are not part of > larger settlements; it may be that the rectory is the only house > within a couple of km in any direction.) this is not a contradiction, it eventually shows there simply isn’t (or wasn’t) a town/village around. “church” isn’t the only criterion, it works quite well for the christian European context. Cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
