[OSM-talk] Street name abbreviations

[Ben Laenen]

Andrew Gregory wrote:
> I'd been thinking for a long time that the OSM wiki needed a table with
> some common street name abbreviations (if it exists, I can't find it).
> When I started surveying I kept on finding weird abbreviations that took
> some searching to figure out (all the other online maps are also
> abbreviated). After months of survey, I found I had a large list, compiled
>  from a variety of web sites (councils, real estate, universities) as well
> as personal knowledge. It's English, and as I'm in Australia, it probably
> has a couple of local peculiarities, but should probably be good for other
> English-speaking countries. I hope it's useful.
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Street_name_abbreviations

There's a list with abbreviations for several languages here (although this 
list was made for the Name Finder):

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Name_finder:Abbreviations

Greetings
Ben