[OSM-talk] correctly mapping avenues

[Robin Paulson]

On 10/02/2008, Martin Trautmann <traut at gmx.de> wrote:
> wiseLYNX wrote:
> > There is even an
> > italian expression, "viale alberato" which specifically describes an
> > avenue with tree lines..
>
> Could an avenue exist without tree lines?

not in english - it explicitly means a road with trees. although there
are plenty of roads in aus/nz called avenues, with no trees.....damn
colonials, mangling the language....

> In Germany it's called "Allee", in Dansk, Norsk Svenska it's "Allé". I
> don't know the difference between the French usage of "Avenue" and
> "Allée", the second one proably within parks only.

yes, wp agrees with you, parks only for allee