Changeset: 52629238
Misuse of ref tag for abbreviated name
Closed by carciofo
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created_by | JOSM/1.5 (12921 en) |
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Discussion
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Comment from burtlang
Do you think moving addr:street to short_name is good alliterative? The tag would read (short_name: AK 9). This will free up addr:street for residential addresses.
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Comment from carciofo
No, for two reasons: there are several common abbreviation schemas in use at this locale with all being equally valid possibilities. Secondly, both AK and K would be valid short names for this road within that particular abbreviation schema. Short name is not for things like Avenue or Boulevard; a renderer wishing to show abbreviated names should use its own list of abbreviations for common words. I don't understand the point about addr:street (?)
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Comment from burtlang
I agree with NOT using addr:street. Although short_name is actually used and appears that way (abbreviated) on the street signs throughout the city. Where do you recommend that information should go? It should not just be deleted, the way you deleted it in this change set.
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Comment from carciofo
I've never come across signs with that abbreviation that I can remember, but no one is stopping you from using short_name for this. Just make sure to document that it is signed that way by adding a note tag. I don't necessarily agree that it's a good idea for the reasons explained above, and someone might get the idea that it's missing in all other roads when they don't see it applied, so documenting that it's applied in this case because it's actually signed as such on the ground is key. Using the ref tag is an error and seeing as it is often misused to map for the rendered is liable to get deleted (unless the usage is properly documented, which it wasn't in this case)
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Comment from carciofo
Actually, on second thought, short_name should definitely *not* be used for this. It is clearly stated in the Wiki: "should be a recognizable, commonly used short version of the name, not a nick name (use alt_name for that) and _not an abbreviation_" https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name
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