> -----Original Message----- > From: AJ Ashton [mailto:aj.ash...@gmail.com] > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] automated abbreviation changes?! > > > Its much easier for tools to automatically abbreviate words than the > other way around. (We've done automatic abbreviations for the latest > MapBox map [1].) I agree that abbreviations should not be automatically > expanded by bots, but it doesn't sound like that's what's happening > here. > > [0]: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names#Abbreviation_.28don.27t_do_it.2 > 9 > [1]: http://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/mapbox.mapbox- > streets.html#17.00/38.92490/-77.04019 > > -- AJ Ashton >
MQ Open also does automatic abbreviation of names, at least in the US. They don't handle Northwest -> NW, but they do handle Street -> St and the other common street names. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
