On 28 July 2011 21:52, Brian Quinion <openstreet...@brian.quinion.co.uk> wrote: > > Now that said I don't really care which tag is used for the 'full' > name. I'd personally prefer the name tag was used for this because it > has always been the policy of OSM that the name tag includes the full > unabbreviated name. Really - this has been one of the few points of > (until recent conversation) agreement.
The argument here is what the full unabbreviated name is. You seem to think it is Saint Albans. The town says it is St Albans. It's their name, we shouldn't mess with it. The St in this case is *not* an abbreviation, it's an alternate spelling. The name tag should have the official name, not some expanded version because it's easier for us. I would add "Saint Albans" as an alt_name. Stephen _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
