Re: [talk-au] General Observations.

2010-05-19 Thread John Smith
On 20 May 2010 11:01, Brendan Morley morb@beagle.com.au wrote: Brisbane regularly have the street type abbreviated (ST, RD, MWY, ART) and I think it is better to record the in the field name as such. Even with accurate capitalisation. Think tourists who aren't familiar with the way we do

Re: [talk-au] General Observations.

2010-05-19 Thread Ross Scanlon
On Thu, 20 May 2010 11:01:43 +1000 Brendan Morley morb@beagle.com.au wrote: On Sun, 9 May 2010 18:59:25 +1000, Ross Scanlon wrote: 7. Abbreviations - Abbreviations in street names are a no no. Read the wiki page at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name, DONT do it. At the

Re: [talk-au] General Observations.

2010-05-19 Thread Andrew Gregory
On Thu, 20 May 2010 09:59:21 +0800, Ben Last ben.l...@nearmap.com wrote: Street types are covered by AS4590, Interchange of client information, Australia Post Address Presentation Standard. See also: http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/270020/meteorItemView/long I've added

Re: [talk-au] General Observations.

2010-05-19 Thread Roy Wallace
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Brendan Morley morb@beagle.com.au wrote: Yes, I would be *recording* what I *saw* in the field. FWIW, I think Brendan's got a good point. It comes down to what's verifiable. I disagree with Ross that an abbreviation mapping can only work one way. It is

Re: [talk-au] General Observations.

2010-05-19 Thread John Smith
On 20 May 2010 12:12, Andrew Gregory and...@scss.com.au wrote: abbreviations policy. It also means there's a couple of St . that I need to go back and fix to Saint .. Saint can be either St or Saint, eg St George shouldn't be expanded.