Gregory's Server
Hiya... happy new year's eve!
Going to ask a very Manila-centric question - here we go.
Why in OSM, the EDSA is mapped as it is (name=EDSA), but not the actual full name? Is it because the signs say so, or people just got too used with EDSA?
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@AkuAnakTimur
Happy new year! 🎉
Well, we have quite a number of streets like that -- a mouthful to pronounce, so our convention is to use `name` for the common name (what most people use to refer to it), and add the official name to, well, `official_name`.
I don't think it makes any sense to use the official/"proper" when people don't use it.