Specifically here in DC, First Street is always spelled "First Street" whereas any other ordinal number is spelled "2nd Street" and so forth.
On Nov 27, 2012, at 12:00 PM, Serge Wroclawski <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Richard Welty <[email protected]> > wrote: >> the rule we frequently follow is to use the format of the name on the sign >> as >> the guideline for what to put in the name tag for a way. >> >> there's a neighborhood in Rotterdam, NY where the signs for the side >> streets along the main drag (Hamburg Street) are spelled out (e.g., Fourth >> Street) >> but the signs interior to the neighborhood are abbreviated (e.g., 4th >> Street.) > > The same holds true in Washington, DC. > > - Serge > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us Alex Barth http://twitter.com/lxbarth tel (+1) 202 250 3633 _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
