[OSM-talk] Street Name

2014-05-29 Thread Clifford Snow
I need help with a street name. In Leavenworth, WA there is a street named "Edelweiss Weg" that I want to add. Is Weg an abbreviation for something? It will be tagged highway=service service=alley. Google translate doesn't help. If it is an abbreviation, should it be expanded as we usually do? Th

Re: [OSM-talk] Street Name

2014-05-29 Thread Clay Smalley
"Weg" is German, approximately means "way." It's right as it is, no abbreviation. Funny though that it's outside of the German Sprachraum. Is Leavenworth a town with a lot of German heritage? On May 29, 2014 4:37 PM, "Clifford Snow" wrote: > I need help with a street name. In Leavenworth, WA the

Re: [OSM-talk] Street Name

2014-05-29 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Clifford Snow wrote: > I need help with a street name. In Leavenworth, WA there is a street named > "Edelweiss Weg" that I want to add. Is Weg an abbreviation for something? > It will be tagged highway=service service=alley. Google translate doesn't > help. > > If

Re: [OSM-talk] Street Name

2014-05-29 Thread Marc Gemis
FWIW, weg is also a Dutch word with the same meaning as the German one. On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Clay Smalley wrote: > "Weg" is German, approximately means "way." It's right as it is, no > abbreviation. > > Funny though that it's outside of the German Sprachraum. Is Leavenworth a > town

Re: [OSM-talk] Street Name

2014-05-29 Thread Clifford Snow
Thanks everyone for responding. Thankfully it wasn't abbreviated. I'll leave it as Edelweiss Weg. Clifford On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Marc Gemis wrote: > FWIW, weg is also a Dutch word with the same meaning as the German one. > > > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Clay Smalley > wrote: