<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Richard Welty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rwelty@averillpark.net" target="_blank">rwelty@averillpark.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">the rule we frequently follow is to use the format of the name on the sign as<br>the guideline for what to put in the name tag for a way.<br>
<br>there's a neighborhood in Rotterdam, NY where the signs for the side<br>streets along the main drag (Hamburg Street) are spelled out (e.g., Fourth Street)<br>but the signs interior to the neighborhood are abbreviated (e.g., 4th Street.)</blockquote>
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<div>I think the key word here is abbreviated. In the OSM name, the un-abbreviated form should be used:</div>
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<div>name=Fourth Street</div>
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<div>To record the abbreviated form, you could use the following:</div>
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<div>short_name=4th St</div>
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<div>As with all abbreviations, sometimes they will appear on signs and sometimes the full word will be written out (often depending on size contstraints of the sign itself).</div>
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