[mkgmap-dev] Commit r3971: - roadNameConfig_v1.patch by Carlos Davida which adds more countries and languages

Sun Jun 18 06:53:14 BST 2017

Hi,

I propose to add for France "Cours" and "Impasse".
You can find sometime "Cour" in a street name but I think this is a
spelling mistake.

Regards.
Steph

Le 15/06/2017 à 23:01, Carlos Dávila a écrit :
> Attached is version 3 of roadNameConfig patch. I tried to add all
> suggestions received. Only things omitted are "de las", "de los", "la"
> and "el" suffixes for portuguese (can be added to local files by anyone
> who want to use them) and removal of English prefixes, which may need
> some more discussion. Please check if I missed something and comment
> improvements.
> 
> El 15/06/17 a las 17:47, Ticker Berkin escribió:
>> Hi all
>>
>> For United Kingdom I suggest:
>>
>> suffix:en = " Avenue", " Close", " Court", " Crescent", " Drive",
>>    " Gate", " Grove", " Lane", " Mews", " Parade", " Place", " Road",
>>    " Square", " Street", " Terrace", " View", " Way"
>>
>> Having:
>>
>> prefix1:en = "North ", "East ", "South ", "West "
>>
>> is not a good idea here for two reasons:
>> 1/ It is very rare for there to be a "way" where an initial compass
>> point is not a significant part of its name.
>> 2/ "ways" like "North Street", "West Way", "East View", "South Parade"
>> etc are very common.
>>
>> Generally, the suffix should be removed first and, if removing the
>> prefix gives an empty result, the prefix should be restored.
>>
>> Ticker
>>
>>
> 
> 
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