[OSM-talk] Name Finder and abbreviations

[Andy Robinson]

On 02/12/2007, Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:
> In message <47528CB4.3010202 at frankieandshadow.com>
>          David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com> wrote:
>
> > Personally, I think it looks neater to use the full name, but the trade
> > off is not having room to display the name in shorter streets. Like
> > tags, I guess it is up to you!
>
> I always put the full name in - if there isn't space the renderer should
> try and shorten it to fit if it wanrs to.
>
> Tom
>
> --

Me too, OSM is about the data and therefore getting the data right is
the most important thing we can do. How the data is renderded or
otherwise manipulated is another matter altogether.

Cheers

Andy
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Andy Robinson