Interesting about the Buck Act, however, the only info I could find about this oddity is from some websites written by conspiracy theorists, anti-government types, etc. Still, it would be in keeping with our practice of discouraging the use of abbreviations elsewhere in addresses. It would be very easy for a machine or renderer to abbreviate full state names down to USPS postal abbreviations, AP style guide abbreviations, or any other custom abbreviation.
On Thu Nov 06 2014 at 2:36:47 PM stevea <[email protected]> wrote: > Without getting all political on people, I do wish to remind everybody > that Arizona is not AZ. The former is one of the fifty sovereign states of > the union, the latter is a (federal) corporate entity created by the Buck > Act (oh, and coincidentally, conveniently used as a postal address by the > USPS). They are NOT the same thing, and they ARE two different things. > Let's be careful to use the proper one, which I believe is Arizona. > > For example, I insist that I live in a place called California. I > absolutely do not live in a place called CA. They are two different > places, and one is not the other. If we are being truly accurate, these > are absolutely not freely interchangeable. > > While I agree that in some circumstances it is very convenient to use a > two-letter abbreviation for a state, and I do on occasion take advantage of > this convenience, please keep in mind the very distinct semantics which > differentiate these entities. > > SteveA > California > > > wiki says to use abbreviated. see > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:state#For_countries_usin > g_hamlet.2C_subdistrict.2C_district.2C_province.2C_state > > I almost had a panic attack because I use abbreviated state in all my > addresses. > > Mike > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Hans De Kryger <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > ÐAs seen in this photo, the new feature in I.D has me a bit confused, As > is the rule already in osm. We do not abbreviate addresses at all. My > question would be, how do we add state data. Abbreviated as seen here (AZ) > or spelled out (Arizona) ? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > *Regards,* > > *Hans* > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > > > Content-Type: image/png; name="Capture.PNG" > Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Capture.PNG" > Content-ID: <ii_i25ilfei0_149830049aa034b6> > X-Attachment-Id: ii_i25ilfei0_149830049aa034b6 > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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