> On every single street? Yep, pretty much everyone that has a directional as part of its name, which is a lot of them.
>What map is this It was published by "Color-Art, Inc., St Louis Mo." "2004-Edition" I am not claiming this is a super authoritative source, but it is one counter example. > Maps that are created from > google or yahoo maps don't count. I have no evidence that the map cited above was created from one of these sources, by why do you say this? > I have a paper map that doesn't. I have another map that doesn't as well (for the most part). This is from a tourist booklet and I don't have any publication info as I just saved the map. I think in the case of DC (unlike SLC), it is a cartographic choice. I will check some of my photos from one of my visits, but I think the streets signs in DC contain the quadrant suffix (again, unlike SLC). On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Kevin Atkinson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010, Mike Thompson wrote: > >>> Do paper maps include the directional prefix or postfix? I looked at a >>> few >>> maps of Washington DC and not one of them I saw include the quadrant >>> suffix. >> >> I have a map of DC and it contains the quadrant suffixes. > > On every single street? What map is this. Maps that are created from > google or yahoo maps don't count. > > I have a paper map that doesn't. Also look at > "http://www.google.com/images?q=washington dc map". Notice how almost none > of those maps include the street suffixes. Some display the quadrant > information, but not as a part of _every_ street. > > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
