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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.<br>
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Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ<br>
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On 3/23/2012 8:36 AM, Mikel Maron wrote:
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<div><span>Hi</span></div>
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<div><span>User chdr (</span><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chdr">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chdr</a>) seems
to be running a script to automatically replace street name
abbreviations with the full word.</div>
<div>so 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW becomes 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest. Which is not the way anyone ever writes
street names here in DC.</div>
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<div>Anyone else aware of this? Opinions? Should this be
stopped?</div>
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<div>-Mikel </div>
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