[OSM-talk] TIGER data abbreviations

[Andy Allan]

On Dec 3, 2007 11:41 PM, John Wolter <jwolter0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Religiously following the guide on the Wiki, I have always spelled out road
> names, for example "Fair Street" instead of "Fair St."  Now along comes the
> TIGER data, where everything is abbreviated.  My question to the group is,
> "Are people fixing these?"

Hopefully. In the mean time, keep putting in the full data. It's easy
to contract "Fair Street" if a renderer wants to, and impossible to
expand "Fair St." with 100% confidence.

Cheers,
Andy