[Talk-us] Abbreviation Police

[Apollinaris Schoell]

On 3 Aug 2010, at 22:32 , Kevin Atkinson wrote:

> 
> OK.  So There is clearly no agreement on the abbreviation of road types (Street, Way, etc).  So what about these specific exceptions.  I will assume silence means agreement :)
> 
> Rather than "United Stated Highway 29 Frontage Road" just "U.S. 29 Frontage Road" or maybe "US 29 Frontage Road". Why.  Because no will say the formal out load.
> 

most of the times I see it 
name=Frontage Road
ref=US 29

this will be rendered in similar way as on other maps. Name is on the street and US, I, is on a shield. Doesn't make sense to duplicate the ref on the name.

for the rest of the proposed changes in previos mails of the thread I'd say go ahead and do the changes. 

> Rather than "Interstate 95 Frontage Road", just "I-95 Frontage Road". Why?  Even though some will say the formal, most just say the letter I.
> 
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