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Verm

Member

From: Nelson, B.C. Canada

Registered: 2009-09-25

Posts: 18

when is a "city" a city?

Surprisingly, I am having a hard time finding the answer to this.

So, Is there a standard in OSM for what qualifies as a city,town,village, etc?
Is it by population?
is it by official city boundry?

Also, this might be handy for some people:

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...ariel views of many major cities... royalty free.

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Tordanik

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-06-17

Posts: 2,840

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Re: when is a "city" a city?

I entered "City" in the wiki's search box and got this:
Key:place

# place=city - Population 100.000 and over
# place=town - Population between 10.000 and 100.000
# place=village - Population below 10.000
# place=hamlet - Population below 1.000

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Verm

Member

From: Nelson, B.C. Canada

Registered: 2009-09-25

Posts: 18

Re: when is a "city" a city?

thanks,

so my home "city" is being a bit over ambitious...

population is approx 10,000    just barely makes the rank of Town.

lol

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Alex McKee

Member

From: Gloucester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-17

Posts: 234

Re: when is a "city" a city?

Yes, many cities in America and Canada will struggle to make the grade. OSM still has some anglocentric definitions.

That said 10,000 is low by world standards.