[OSM-newbies] Street Suffixes

David Ebling dave_ebling at yahoo.co.uk
Tue Feb 26 17:49:27 GMT 2008


Hi Blake,

This needs to be explained a bit more prominently in
the wiki (though it is mentioned in one or two places)
but the you should always enter the name
unabbreviated, and it is then left to client software
(such as renderers) to abbreviate them in output or
when searching. Abbreviations can be ambiguous so it's
best this way round.

So in your example, go for "Crescent."

Hope this helps,

David
--- Blake Crosby <me at blakecrosby.com> wrote:

> Is there a standard for naming streets?
> 
> Specifically what about suffixes?
> 
> Ie, for "Crescent" do we use "Cres." or spell it
> fully "Crescent".
> 
> Is there a list of "official" suffixes we should
> use?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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