David ``Smith'' wrote: >On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ><[email protected]> wrote: >>I thought there was consensus about not using these street >>abbreviations anywhere in the OpenStreetMap data. We've had bots >>transversing the planet changing these abbreviations to their full >>forms (mainly from TIGER data) and nobody's complained. > >I'm not convinced that consensus represents the US point of view. But >I wasn't around when this was decided. > >>It's also documented e.g. here: >> >>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name#Abbreviation_.28don.27t_do_it.29 > >When I wrote my little essay on the matter, that section wasn't as >clear. It essentially said, "use exactly what's on the sign, and >don't use abbreviations" which is contradictory for nearly all US road >signs. So I assumed that the decision not to use abbreviations was >made without input from the US mapping community. > >I still think it makes the most sense to use abbreviations when they >are commonly and consistently used in reality. That said, the >abbreviations that came with the TIGER data aren't always the same >ones used on the signs. > >The practice of expanding these abbreviations in OSM data creates (in >my opinion) problems which are not (yet) adequately addressed. I'm >just trying to bring attention to these problems, so the issue can >eventually be resolved one way or another.
It's so easy to hijack a thread without even realizing it. And it's all my fault for mentioning it in the first place. Sorry about that. -- Randy _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
