On Thu, 20 May 2010 11:05:00 +1000, John Smith wrote: >On 20 May 2010 11:01, Brendan Morley <morb....@beagle.com.au> wrote: >> Brisbane regularly have the street type abbreviated (ST, RD, MWY, ART) and I >> think it is better to record the "in the field" name as such. Even with >> accurate capitalisation. >> >> Think tourists who aren't familiar with the way we do things around here.
>You are confusing use with recording, if you record the actual street >type, software can then convert both the searches and the output to >show what people expect, some street types have multiple abbreviations >and would be even more difficult to search. Yes, I would be *recording* what I *saw* in the field. Is there even an official interpretation table in the Queensland jurisdiction? Even survey plans never seem to declare the road type in full. Brendan
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