Without getting all political on people, I do
wish to remind everybody that Arizona is not AZ.
The former is one of the fifty sovereign states
of the union, the latter is a (federal) corporate
entity created by the Buck Act (oh, and
coincidentally, conveniently used as a postal
address by the USPS). They are NOT the same
thing, and they ARE two different things. Let's
be careful to use the proper one, which I believe
is Arizona.
For example, I insist that I live in a place
called California. I absolutely do not live in a
place called CA. They are two different places,
and one is not the other. If we are being truly
accurate, these are absolutely not freely
interchangeable.
While I agree that in some circumstances it is
very convenient to use a two-letter abbreviation
for a state, and I do on occasion take advantage
of this convenience, please keep in mind the very
distinct semantics which differentiate these
entities.
SteveA
California
wiki says to use abbreviated. see
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:state#For_countries_using_hamlet.2C_subdistrict.2C_district.2C_province.2C_state>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:state#For_countries_using_hamlet.2C_subdistrict.2C_district.2C_province.2C_state
I almost had a panic attack because I use
abbreviated state in all my addresses.
Mike
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Hans De Kryger
<<mailto:hans.dekryge...@gmail.com>hans.dekryge...@gmail.com>
wrote:
ÐAs seen in this photo, the new feature in I.D
has me a bit confused, As is the rule already in
osm. We do not abbreviate addresses at all. My
question would be, how do we add state data.
Abbreviated as seen here (AZ) or spelled out
(Arizona) ?
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Hans
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