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Yeah - OSM goes a long way in categorizing different levels of "area in which people live" based on population density. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:p
by JamesChevalier 13y ago
Yeah - OSM goes a long way in categorizing different levels of "area in which people live" based on population density.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:place http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:place
- rmc 13y agoExcept that the place tag isn't always based on population size. In some places, (e.g. UK), a common cultural definition of a "city" is archaic, and depends if the place has a Cathedral and/or charter from the monarch. I give you the "city" of St. David's: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/3216768 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/3216768 It's in Wales, UK, and is tagged as "place=city". It's a small town of ~2,000 people. It has a charter from the monarch, and a cathedral. The "note" tag in OSM says: "the "city" is on paper, what's on the ground is a small town". Humanity is complicated. :)
- JamesChevalier 13y agoheh, true! I've been playing with place names & http://overpass-turbo.eu/ http://overpass-turbo.eu/ ... I seem to be getting the best results with "city|hamlet|metropolis|town|village", although some states like Alaska & Hawaii still don't return much with this scope. In Alaska, a lot of places are labeled as County. In Hawaii, a lot of places are labeled as Other.
- huxley 13y agoUK isn't the only place with weird "cities". Greenhorn, Oregon is designated as a city but has a 2010 census population of zero. Though now unicorporated, Tenny, Minnesota, was a city and had a peak population of 180 people in 1910 but now is down to 5 (2010 census).