<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 April 2010 15:19, Renaud MICHEL <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:r.h.michel%2Bosm@gmail.com">r.h.michel+osm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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</div>I thought the consensus was not to abbreviate and always use the full name?<br>
<br></blockquote></div>I think Andrew was saying he sees signs that say "Some Rd" (sometimes fits on a smaller sign so cheaper) and wants to know what 'Rd' means to enter the full word into OSM. It means Road of course, but others are harder to know.<div>
<br></div><div>The name finder (search) works both ways so that people searching for "Some Rd" will be given "Some Road"(as Andrew entered it) and the other way because not everyone follows consensus and enters abbreviations into OSM.<br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Gregory<br><a href="mailto:osm@livingwithdragons.com">osm@livingwithdragons.com</a><br><a href="http://www.livingwithdragons.com">http://www.livingwithdragons.com</a><br>
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