On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Ted Percival t...@midg3t.net wrote:
Paul Johnson wrote:
4) Remove abbreviations TIGER imported. Sometimes, I really wonder if
TIGER was such a hot dataset to import...
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name#Abbreviation_.28don.27t_do_it.29
I wrote a
Ian Dees wrote:
Its functions are:
- Strip St suffix from grid-named streets (eg. South 500 West)
- Collapse multiple spaces into a single space (lots of TIGER)
- Expand abbreviated directions (eg. S 500 E to South 500 East)
- Expand abbreviated suffixes (Rd - Road, St -
Also in Atlanta, there's N St. I got directions from google and
thought I was looking for North St. Man was that a big mistake.
Cheers,
Adam
On 6/4/09, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote:
Ian Dees wrote:
Its functions are:
- Strip St suffix from grid-named streets (eg. South
On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 00:36 -0600, Ted Percival wrote:
Its functions are:
- Strip St suffix from grid-named streets (eg. South 500 West)
- Collapse multiple spaces into a single space (lots of TIGER)
- Expand abbreviated directions (eg. S 500 E to South 500 East)
- Expand abbreviated suffixes
Paul Johnson wrote:
Ian Dees wrote:
- Collapse spaces: Ok, that makes sense.
- Expand abbreviated dirs: This is the one that I have the most
problems with. In my neighborhood in Minnaepolis, the official names for
roads actually end in SE. For example, I live on 6th Avenue SE. I've
seen
Adam Schreiber wrote:
Also in Atlanta, there's N St. I got directions from google and
thought I was looking for North St. Man was that a big mistake.
OK, so expand cardinals or not?
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Ted Percival wrote:
I'm not sure why the logic is inverted. While it is common notation to
abbreviate the cardinal directions, the street signs actually say 300
West, and I would prefer voice navigation software to say Turn on
Three hundred West Rather than Turn on Three Hundred Double-U, for
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