For addresses, we have the various pieces split up, such as addr:housenumber, addr:street.
For streets, how about something like this: * name = S Main St (common name, whatever appropriate for the locale; in this example locale, it's not usual to include the suffix; in other locales it should be included.) * name:prefix = South * name:street = Main * name:type = Street * name:suffix = SW The name tag could be useful with the default OSM map rendering. The other tags that break up the name would be useful for computer processing and alternative uses and renderings of OSM data. This could also address another issue I'm seeing... bots and people going around and changing the street names in Washington DC to spell out the suffix: NW -> Northwest, thus the name renders fully like "Stephenson Place Northwest" or whatever the name. It's cool to have the full name there, but the rendering is messy. I would prefer Stephenson Pl NW, which is how street signs do it here, or perhaps Stephenson Place NW. No one ever spells out NW -> Northwest in the street names here. As for including NW or not in the main name tag, I would for DC and it's fine to have it render. I absolutely don't want to impose this way of doing things that's appropriate for DC upon other cities and locales. Do what makes sense for you. With breaking up the pieces of the street name and not having a single "name" tag, it may be possible to have things both ways. -Katie -- Katie Filbert filbe...@gmail.com @filbertkm
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