[Talk-us] Admin boundaries tied to roads

[Val Kartchner]

On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 16:31 -0700, Alan Mintz wrote:
> Good. We also need to settle on a set of component tags to make best use of 
> the information present in those edits -  particularly to separate out 
> cardinal directions from those that are really part of the name. Can we 
> agree for now that, with appropriate local knowledge, it will be acceptable 
> to strip just these prefixes out of the name tag into another tag? Should I 
> propose a set of component tags for a (hopefully quick) vote? The suffixes 
> and root tags could then be populated at the same time (without stripping 
> them from the name).

I second you proposing this.  We need to separate out the prefix, suffix
and root.  Though you need to remember these things when you make your
proposal: http://vidthekid.info/misc/osm-abbr.html

- Val -