[Talk-us] Fixing TIGER street name abbreviations

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Wed May 9 04:34:56 BST 2012


On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> "Doctor Martin Luther King Bolevard" is one thing.  "Drive Martin Luther King
> Boulevard" is another.

And if we're going to make so many mistakes (1/1000 means thousands of
mistakes), I'd rather it just be left as "Dr Martin Luther King Blvd".

Yes, we can't stop people from making mistakes.  But we can refuse to
allow thousands of mistakes to be added, for the sake of removing
abbreviations which aren't hurting anyone in the first place.



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