Just a quick reminder that the next Edinburgh Openstreetmap meet up is
tomorrow evening (Tuesday 18th July).
As usual, from around 19h00 or soon afterwards until late(ish) at the
Guildford Arms (just behind the Apple Store)
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Edinburgh#Social_Events
Cheers, Donal
Agreed, however I don't think we should be fussy about minor typographic
differences like apostrophes or full stops. There are often variations at this
level from sign to sign. If one bit is signed "St." and another bit of the same
road is signed "St" I think we should use a single style for the
We should be applying the on the ground rule of verification. As in, if looks
like a duck and quacks like a duck then there is a better than average chance
it is a duck. So if the road sign, church sign or whatever says Saint or St.
etc then best to stick to that so as not to offend just as many
It is pretty obvious in my mind. St is correct, Saint is wrong. Unless there is
evidence that Saint is the prevalent spelling on the ground. And I am unanimous
in that.
A great uncle+aunt of mine used to live in St Nicholas Road, in one of the old
Row houses with an outside dunny! Could never
Hi All,
I have read and re-read all of the guidance and local rules relating to the use
of abbreviations where it would be wrong to expand “St” into “Saint”. It is
quite clear that, for the UK, “Saint Ives” is wrong, whereas “St Ives” is
correct. There is also one page where I have found “St Ma
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