Could someone precise me why abbreviations should always be avoided in tagging please ?
I think it's a waste of HDD space and a potential source of errors and misspellings, for company names or even categorization tags (generator:type for instance). Nevertheless, I agree we should write Street xxxx instead of St xxx in street names. Cheers *François Lacombe* francois dot lacombe At telecom-bretagne dot eu http://www.infos-reseaux.com 2014-06-18 11:37 GMT+02:00 John Sturdy <jcg.stu...@gmail.com>: > I reckon that if it isn't an abbreviation for any extant longer name, it > is no longer an abbreviation, and has become the full name in its own right. > On 18 Jun 2014 10:06, "Pieren" <pier...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> After a quick search: >> >> http://web.archive.org/web/20011218005945/http://www.kwtv.com/news/strange/ixl.htm >> >> it seems that the name **is** an abbreviation (and "for what" is >> lost), in which case you don't have to expand it. (perhaps add a tag >> "note" to explain the case...) >> >> Pieren >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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