[OSM-talk] TIGER data abbreviations

[Abigail Brady]

On Dec 4, 2007 11:06 AM, Cameron Patrick <cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au>
wrote:

> The heuristics involved in shortening street names can also get quite
> complex.  For example, there are streets near me named "The Avenue" and
> "The Boulevard".  It would look weird to see those written "The Ave" or
> "The Blvd" on a map - certainly, no road maps or street signs that I've
> seen shorten it that way.
>

We've got a "Highway Road" in Leicester.  Google maps abbreviates this as
"Hwy Rd" even at zooms where there is plenty of space, which is rather
unfortunate.

One ambigous re-expansion would be "St of X" - is this "Saint of X" or
"Street of X?"

-- 
Abi
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