Mapping of populated places in OpenStreetMap

🫧 Open on Bubbles Populated places are probably among elements of human geography those you can most widely find represented in maps in general. I here want to discuss a bit the somewhat peculiar situation of their mapping in OpenStreetMap. Populated places on small scale map – Carte de l’Afrique à l’echelle de 1/5M, 1929 Populated places on larger scale map – Survey of India 1:126k Sheet 72C/SW, 1937 First: What is a populated place ? Humans throughout history when developing a non-nomadic lifestyle have h