[OSM-talk] automated abbreviation changes?!

[Paul Norman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: AJ Ashton [mailto:aj.ashton at gmail.com]
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] automated abbreviation changes?!
> 
> 
> Its much easier for tools to automatically abbreviate words than the
> other way around. (We've done automatic abbreviations for the latest
> MapBox map [1].) I agree that abbreviations should not be automatically
> expanded by bots, but it doesn't sound like that's what's happening
> here.
> 
> [0]:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names#Abbreviation_.28don.27t_do_it.2
> 9
> [1]: http://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/mapbox.mapbox-
> streets.html#17.00/38.92490/-77.04019
> 
> -- AJ Ashton
>

MQ Open also does automatic abbreviation of names, at least in the US. They
don't handle Northwest -> NW, but they do handle Street -> St and the other
common street names.