[Talk-us] Mass Pike naming convention

[Mike Thompson]

According to the wiki, the name should not contain abbreviations[0], and
"Mass" is an abbreviation for "Massachusetts." I suggest short_name=Mass
Pike.  Data consumers can look to this key, or can perform their own
abbreviation/shortening.

Just my 2 cents, and I am not from Mass.

Mike

[0] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name

On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 3:50 PM Brian M. Sperlongano <zelonewolf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Folks,
>
> The ways and relation for the Mass Pike currently uses the fully-spelled
> out official name of the highway, "Massachusetts Turnpike".  However, on
> all signs I've ever seen, and in colloquial usage, we call it the "Mass
> Pike".
>
> Here is an example way:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/9126375
>
> Tagged:
> name=Massachusetts Turnpike
>
> Since all local usage and signage is Mass Pike, I propose that this be
> changed to the following:
> name=Mass Pike
> official_name=Massachusetts Turnpike
>
> This will put the actually-used name in first position in data consumer
> usage such as in rendered maps, while allowing both versions to come up in
> searches, such as in geocoders like Nominatim.
>
> I am including talk-us in this discussion in case there are similar
> examples like this in other parts of the country that we might learn from.
>
> I checked the latest TIGER layer over at
> https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerweb/ and it doesn't even seem to put
> a text name on it, just the I-90 Interstate shield.
>
> Thoughts?
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