[OSM-talk] TIGER / Mapnik suggestion

[Andrew MacKinnon]

On 05/09/07, D Tucny <d at tucny.com> wrote:
> It's also just struck me that none of the abbreviations in the TIGER data
> have been expanded... i.e Avenue is Ave, Street is St, Drive is Dr, Highway
> is Hwy, I'm guessing Pky is Parkway or something... This doesn't seem to
> follow the standard of not using abbreviations in the data...

I'm not sure whether we should be doing this. It might add errors to
the data, since certain abbreviations have several meanings (e.g. St =
Street or Saint). Also, it makes it plainly obvious to editors which
OSM data has not yet been edited.

Andrew MacKinnon