maning sambale ([email protected]) wrote: > Not exactly an mkgmap issue, but I would like to point this out when > mapping for OSM. Using nuvi text-to-speech feature, some abbreviated > street names are announced with some kind of default words. > > i. e., > - "St. Thomas" which should be "Saint Thomas" was announced as > "Street Thomas" > - "E. Rodriguez" which should be "Eulogio Rodriguez "was announced as > "East Rodriguez"
And for this very reason the OSM mapping guidelines state that no abbreviations should be used in names. :) -- Charlie _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev
