Changeset: 55494162
Added short names to some uk counties. Used alt_name tag.
Closed by AeroXuk
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changesets_count | 2 |
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created_by | iD 2.5.1 |
host | https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit |
imagery_used | Bing aerial imagery |
locale | en-GB |
Discussion
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Comment from ACS1986
Hi,
Welcome to OSM. Adding abbreviated names tends to be controversial https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names#Abbreviation_.28don.27t_do_it.29 . In any case, if these are to be included I'd suggest that the short_name tag is more appropriate than alt_name (these aren't alternative names).
Kind regards,
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Comment from AeroXuk
Hi Adam,
I did enter these as short_name first of all then I saw the https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name page. This said next to short_name '... not a nickname (use alt_name for that) ...'. So I went back and edited to tags to be alt_name. Not sure which is correct now.
I was trying to add some common nicknames/abbreviations often used within postal addresses. This was to try and aid an open source address processing model that is trained on OSM data.
Thanks, AeroXuk. -
Comment from SK53
Two things: UK postal addresses do not contain county names anymore, they are entirely based on postal town & post code. So Hayes, Middlesex and Hayes, Kent are no longer used to disambiguate places in postal addresses as defined by Royal Mail. Second, this is adding abbreviations which is not the normal OSM convention (as pointed out above). Most of these entitites will have an appropriate code (such as those of ONS, ISO & the NUTS codes of the EU) which can be used as a look-up external to OSM
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Comment from SomeoneElse2
What's your source as "Derbs" for a short name for Derbyshire? I live there and I've never used it...
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