> On Dec 19, 2016, at 10:00, talk-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: > > Well, it still can, the software just needs to know > how to abbreviate words, which is easy to do. The other way round, > automatically expanding an abbreviation (i.e. reading aloud) may be > ambiguous. Let me expand a little on ambiguity, so that this get clearer:
Ave is both a valid abbreviation and a valid part of a street name “Street of God’s Ave” Dr have multiple meanings (Doctor, Drive, Driveway, etc.) Some countries have distinct rules where some words appear in a street name, while others. In some countries street names can contain the same abbreviation meaning different things: “R. Hilary R. Clinton” for “Rua Hilary Rodham Clinton” The software should know that Dr is a valid abbreviation for Drive, but should not be expected to understand that Dr is a valid abbreviation for Drive, as it could as well be Driveway or Doctor. Aun _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
