This official abbreviation list may help building any rule set: http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/429840/meteorItemView/long
Chris ------ [email protected] > On 2 Mar 2014, at 11:40 am, Jason Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds fine. A quick google indicates the approach has historical > endorsement [1] but could you define the geographical scope of these changes > and the logic/software you'd be using to do these changes? > > Note [2] is a worthwhile read if you haven't spotted it already. > > [1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/openstreetmap/lW7E9_-TEe8 > [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edit_Policy > > Cheers, > > Jason > > >> On 2 March 2014 15:47, Frank <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm toying with automating the replacement of abbreviation of street names >> e.g. St to Street, Ave to Avenue etc. It is tedious to do that by hand and >> the automation process can limit the replacements to tagged 'highway's and >> to the end of the name tag so things like St Andrews won't get changed to >> Street Andrews! It would be used on .osm files making the changes, a >> separate text file documenting the changes (so you can check), the >> abbreviations and their replacements would be in a text file so additions >> could be made by anyone (in any language). To upload the changes JOSM would >> be used. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-au mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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