[Talk-us] GNIS POI populations

[Kam, Kristen]

Clifford,

In March 2014,  Chris Zontine (cc’d) and I ADDED city population values for nodes that _*did not*_ have a  'population' tag.  We focused on nodes that had a "place=city" or "place=town" tag.  We reviewed approximately 625 nodes, updated bout 560 of them.  This was a manual editing process that included obtaining population figures from the American Factfinder (Census 201).

Just an FYI.

Best,

Kristen


---
Kristen Kam
OSM Profile → http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/KristenK

From: Clifford Snow [mailto:clifford at snowandsnow.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 5:49 AM
To: Minh Nguyen
Cc: talk-us
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] GNIS POI populations


On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 5:34 AM, Minh Nguyen <minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us> wrote:
I think we should consider a mechanical edit to update these tags to the 2010 Census figures en masse. I've been updating individual places as I edit them for other reasons, but this tag is most useful when its vintage is consistent across the board.

+1



-- 
@osm_seattle
osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us
OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch