[Talk-us] New I.D Feature

[Elliott Plack]

Interesting about the Buck Act, however, the only info I could find about
this oddity is from some websites written by conspiracy theorists,
anti-government types, etc. Still, it would be in keeping with our practice
of discouraging the use of abbreviations elsewhere in addresses. It would
be very easy for a machine or renderer to abbreviate full state names down
to USPS postal abbreviations, AP style guide abbreviations, or any other
custom abbreviation.

On Thu Nov 06 2014 at 2:36:47 PM stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:

>  Without getting all political on people, I do wish to remind everybody
> that Arizona is not AZ.  The former is one of the fifty sovereign states of
> the union, the latter is a (federal) corporate entity created by the Buck
> Act (oh, and coincidentally, conveniently used as a postal address by the
> USPS).  They are NOT the same thing, and they ARE two different things.
> Let's be careful to use the proper one, which I believe is Arizona.
>
> For example, I insist that I live in a place called California.  I
> absolutely do not live in a place called CA.  They are two different
> places, and one is not the other.  If we are being truly accurate, these
> are absolutely not freely interchangeable.
>
> While I agree that in some circumstances it is very convenient to use a
> two-letter abbreviation for a state, and I do on occasion take advantage of
> this convenience, please keep in mind the very distinct semantics which
> differentiate these entities.
>
> SteveA
> California
>
>
> wiki says to use abbreviated. see
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:state#For_countries_usin
> g_hamlet.2C_subdistrict.2C_district.2C_province.2C_state
>
> I almost had a panic attack because I use abbreviated state in all my
> addresses.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Hans De Kryger <hans.dekryger13 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> ÐAs seen in this photo, the new feature in I.D has me a bit confused, As
> is the rule already in osm. We do not abbreviate addresses at all. My
> question would be, how do we add state data. Abbreviated as seen here (AZ)
> or spelled out (Arizona) ?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> *Regards,*
>
> *Hans*
>
>
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