On Thu, 20 May 2010 09:59:21 +0800, Ben Last <[email protected]> wrote:
> Street types are covered by AS4590, Interchange of client information, > Australia Post Address Presentation Standard. > > See also: > http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/270020/meteorItemView/long I've added all the street name abbreviations I know to the list at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Name_finder:Abbreviations#English I think it's important that what is stored in the database must be as unambiguous as possible. That means I totally agree with the no abbreviations policy. It also means there's a couple of "St ....." that I need to go back and fix to "Saint .....". -- Andrew Gregory <mailto:[email protected]> <http://www.scss.com.au/family/andrew/> _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

