On 7 July 2011 11:29, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7 July 2011 19:23, Pieren <pier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Jochen Topf <joc...@remote.org> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, thats the consensus and has been for a long time. Some mappers always >>> disagree, just ignore them. :-) >>> >> >> +1 >> >> And in software, it is always easier to shorten a word than expanding an >> abbreviation. 'st' is for 'Saint' or for 'Street' ? > > In some cases, the official name is with the abbreviation, eg St. > George Bank in Australia and there is a town named St. George.
Still you say Saint George, not S.T. George. Cheers _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
