[OSM-newbies] Separating streets that don't join

[David ``Smith'']

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Randy <rwtnospam-newsgp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> By the way JOSM, at least, will be much happier if you change all those
> street abbreviations (Ln, Dr, etc.) to full words.

I have my own (probably unpopular) opinion on that, see link below.
But why does JOSM care?  Shouldn't editors just treat names as any
string and leave them alone?

For my detailed reasoning on keeping abbreviations in the name tag,
see: <http://vidthekid.info/misc/osm-abbr.html>.  Note, I'm currently
considering alternate views and I may propose a compromise in the
future.

-- 
David "Smith"
a.k.a. Vid the Kid
a.k.a. Bír'd'in

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