On 3/23/2012 9:04 AM, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
On 23/03/2012 13:47, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:
On 3/23/2012 8:36 AM, Mikel Maron wrote:
User chdr (http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chdr) seems to be
running a script to automatically replace street name abbreviations
with the full word.
so 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW becomes 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest. Which is not the way anyone ever writes street names here
in DC.
IMHO, here in the US we have the USPS which has published
standardized street naming conventions specifically using the
abbreviations. It would seem to me that these "official" street
names are what should stick and the expansions of them should not be
happening. Not to mention how much more crowded the map labels would
become.
I'm new to this problem, but those possible strategies spring to my mind:
- Record only the abbreviated name and let the user expand it using
his favourite rules if he wants.
- Record only the canonical expanded name and let the user abbreviate
it using his favourite rules if he wants.
- Record both the canonical expanded name and the abbreviated name,
let the user choose which one he wants.
Would a name:abbreviated tag make sense ?
Is the expanded name the canonical one ?
I'm not familiar enough with OSM or mapping terminology to know which is
"canonical", but my address is:
USPS: 521 Waterman Ln SE
Full: 521 Waterman Lane SouthEast
But I've never, ever written it in the full form and even the
city-supplied street sign shows "Waterman Ln".
Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ
PS. For non-US residents, USPS = United States Postal Service
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