I think if we were too look at what is on the sign I bet it is U.S.S. MLK though often fully spells out the name on the sign.
I would think in these cases it should be what is on the sign. Since it isn't an abbreviation of the road type, but the actual street name. On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Nathan Edgars II <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/10/2012 12:47 PM, Peter Dobratz wrote: >> >> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Nathan Edgars II<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Is this a good idea? It looks really odd to me: >>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/9061339 >> >> >> I bet that no one actually says United States Ship in conversation, >> but rather U.S.S. > > > Would the same reasoning apply to Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior > Boulevard (though here the common name might vary, perhaps King, or MLK)? > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
