On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Mikel Maron <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > 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.
> Anyone else aware of this? Opinions? Should this be stopped? 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest is the correct name. The others are abbreviations. You'd never say "1600 Pennsylvania 'ave En Double-U" Automated edits are bad, but he's putting in the correct names. - Serge _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
