Hi Paul, As long as I see hundrets of streets, (most of them in North and South America, although that may be accidently), that abbreviate Street to St, Avenue to Ave and much more I wouldn't bother in cases I don't know the long term.
Even if there may be the chance to find what it means, I would map the abbreviation first and try to remind it for later or for others to fix. So: Sure, keep on mapping other stuff, and if you stumble over the meaning, you might remember that you can fix your old edit later ;) regards Peter Am 18.06.2014 06:40, schrieb Paul Johnson: > Am I to assume that if nobody actually can remember what an abbreviation > means, it's appropriate to go with it anyway? Example: I. X. L., Okfuskee > County, Oklahoma: I can't find an expansion of this town's name, and > suffice to say the town's population is small enough with a high enough > turnover that it's not something that can be readily determined by asking > around. Closest I've come to expanding it is regional lore that it's the > initials of a wildcatting company, or a portmanteu of the initials of the > town's founders, though I've yet to be able to substantiate either > etymology. I strongly suspect that whatever IXL originally stood for is > completely beyond long forgotten at this point, so, safe to give up? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
