[OSM-talk] TIGER / Mapnik suggestion

[Alex S.]

Andrew MacKinnon wrote:
> On 9/5/07, Dave Hansen <dave at sr71.net> wrote:
>> I'd be happy to implement any sane suggestions for fixing this.  Any
>> ideas?
> 
> Perhaps "St" could be converted like this:
> 
> St at end of name = Street
> St at beginning of name = Saint

How about looking at the other tags first, eh?  ;)

street name = Ohio Street
tags:
name=Ohio St
tiger:name_base=Ohio
tiger:name_type=St

If it's in "tiger:name_base" you can be pretty certain it's not 'Street'. :)