Has anyone created a geocoding system that keeps addresses in the traditional "number word" format (like 123 Maple), and allows cardinal streets to have fixed names?
My thought: given a latitude/longitude, first convert both to a decimal between 0 and 1 (adding 90 to latitude and dividing by 180; and adding 180 to longitude and dividing by 360). Say you get 0.950586893902258 for latitude and 0.601665485723974 for longitude. Your latitude address would simply be "950 587" (note the space and the rounding of the 6th digit). Your longitude address, however, would be the 601st noun (alphabetically ordered) on http://www.momswhothink.com/reading/list-of-nouns.html (or a similar list), followed by the 665th noun on that list. So, your full geocoded address would be: "950 587 Parent Purpose". Locally, you'd give your address as "587 Purpose", since the "950 Parent" part is fixed for blocks of 40km. In addition to looking like traditional addresses, streets could have names like "587th Street" or "Purpose Street". Thoughts? Some caveats: % This gives a resolution of 40m, which is good, though could be better. % We'd clean up the noun list to exclude duplicates, etc; plus, the list I gave has only 982 nouns (but you get the point). % There are obviously many possible variations to this general theme -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
