[talk-au] General Observations.

[Liz]

On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Wallace wrote:
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Brendan Morley <morb.gis at beagle.com.au> 
wrote:
> > Yes, I would be *recording* what I *saw* in the field.
> 
> FWIW, I think Brendan's got a good point. It comes down to what's
> verifiable. I disagree with Ross that an abbreviation mapping can only
> work one way. It is possible to search for a Street and find a St just
> as it is possible to search for a St and find a Street.
> 
> However, I don't think it's worth trying to change the convention at
> this point. Spell "Street" in full, even if you only see "St" - only
> because it's a convention that would be hard to change.
> 

There are some difficult ones which relate to Crescent and similar endings. If 
we can't expand it, we should find out. Email the local council and ask for 
the street name; knock on doors and ask the residents.