Hi all,There is a disagreement that could use a few more eyes. Destination has
the explicit purpose of telling anavigation program the wording of a sign. It
is typically used as a tag of a Motorway Link. It is not visiblein the Mapnik
in any way.
One side of the disagreement argues that if an abbreviation appears on the sign
(Ave for instance)it should be expanded to Avenue in the Destination Tag. The
arguments are:1) OpenStreetMap discourages abbreviations2) If you search
through Destinations every time Avenue appears it is a mapper vote for
expanding Ave toAvenue.
The other side of the disagreement (which I support) argues to present the sign
to the navigation programexactly as it appears, neither abbreviating or
expanding abbreviations. The arguments are:1) Destination is for the use of
the navigation program. If abbreviations are changed it has no way toknow if
the sign says Ave or Avenue. If they are unchanged it can make its own
decision as to what use
of abbreviations is best for its users.2) It is just wrong to count every
Avenue as a mapper vote for expanding Ave because it very often isjust the
mapper's correct reporting that the sign has Avenue spelled out.
Check it out in the Key:destination Discussion. As you will guess, the EDSS
comments are mine.
Cheers,Edwin Smith
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