[Talk-us] Mass Pike naming convention

[Paul Johnson]

For what it's worth, seconded.

On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 5:00 PM Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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