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- From: eah@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew)
- Subject: Re: locality abbreviations (was Re: What is this group for?)
- Organization: XeniTec Consulting, Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA
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- Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 03:44:25 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan04.034425.12234@xenitec.on.ca>
- References: <C082x8.GCt@wimsey.bc.ca> <1993Jan03.040438.7309@xenitec.on.ca> <C09rxK.97w@wimsey.bc.ca>
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- In article <C09rxK.97w@wimsey.bc.ca> sl@wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan03.040438.7309@xenitec.on.ca> eah@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew) writes:
- >>I've always had an aversion to making names longer than absolutely
- >>necessary. We went around the "what is a proper city name" merry-
- >>go-round at some length this last spring in committee. Unfortunately,
- >>no one could find any "official city abbreviation list", so city
- >>abbreviations were disallowed. If anyone is aware of such a list,
- >>please forward this info to me so that I can present it to the
- >>committee. The topic was revived in committee last week, and I
- >>hope that we'll have a reasonable locality abbreviation policy
- >>incorporated into the guidelines in short order. If we could find
- >>a list pre-prepared by some government agency, the task would be
- >>much simpler.
- >
- >RFC1386 mentions Western Union list. It probably covers Canada as well. It
- >also mentions that it is not that great. E.g. the names are not always
- >mnemonic.
-
- It's my understanding that for an abbreviation list to have any
- authority within Canada, it would have to come from some form of
- _Canadian_ government organization with appropriate authority.
- I'm not quite certain that Western Union is that closely related
- to a Canadian government department.
-
- >Don't forget that the Post Office already has a well documented list
- >of Canadian cities. In fact characterized right down to individual blocks
- >in most cases. It qualifies as a government agency. It's prepared and
- >ready for pickup at your local post office or library.
-
- My inquiries to Canada Post indicate that they don't have an official
- Canadian municipality list. They have postal codes, but that's not
- at all the same thing.
-
- > Just ask for the Postal Code book.
-
- The Postal Code book in front of me as I type this has all the Canadian
- Municipalities listed using their full names. Unfortunately, I can't
- seem to find a single city abbreviation therein, just postal codes.
- I should state that the copy I have is a few years old, however verbal
- information from Canada Post employees suggests that the current copy
- is the same, just a bit larger.
-
- Thanks for trying. :-)
-
- --ed (Ed Hew)
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