[Talk-us] First vs 1st

[Richard Welty]

On 11/28/12 9:23 AM, Peter Dobratz wrote:
> I think the key word here is abbreviated. In the OSM name, the 
> un-abbreviated form
> should be used: name=Fourth Street To record the abbreviated form, you 
> could use 
> the following: short_name=4th St As with all abbreviations, sometimes 
> they will
> appear on signs and sometimes the full word will be written out (often 
> depending on size contstraints of the sign itself). 
which is ok, but is it documented and do any of the search entities (such as
Nominatum) actually pay attention to it?

and if this convention hasn't been followed, is it ok if search engines fail
to find the streets because the wrong form is used?

what i'm getting at is that naive users are likely to enter it in either 
form, so we
should endeavor to have both forms work reliably.

richard