[Talk-ee] Abbreviations in names

[Bartosz Fabianowski]

Hi list

Sorry for writing in English again as my Estonian is still too weak.

I noticed that a lot of abbreviations such as "mnt" and "pst" have 
appeared on the map where "maantee" and "puiestee" used to be. Vitalts 
had made this change, motivated by information on the Estonian OSM wiki 
page:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Et:Key:addr

My worry is that this approach is exactly opposed to the consensus that 
has been reached internationally:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names#Abbreviation_.28don.27t_do_it.29

Abbreviations in name tags should always be fully expanded. A renderer 
can contract them if it so wishes but the OSM data should be complete 
and unambiguous. There is a short_name tag that could be used for a 
shortened form of the name if there is a desire to store it.

What do you think of changing the policy in Estonia to using expanded 
name tags and optionally short_name tags?

- Bartosz