I think what I'm after is to avoid fragmentation with multiple ways to give someone an address.
openlocationcode.com looks attractive and esay to implement, open and free. It groups locations so has some of the advantages of postcodes but I don't think it has redundancy in the address nor does it have a check digit to avoid two numbers being transposed. To add support for it would need something added to JOSM to show the openlocationcode address, Nominatim to be able to search for one, and probably osmand to show them and search for them. Thoughts? Thanks John On 1 September 2016 at 05:01, Christian Ledermann < [email protected]> wrote: > My experiences in Kenya are: > > For individual areas the postcode is mostly unknown. > If you want to receive a letter you have to rent a PO Box at a post > office (which then also may serve as your 'address') > which has a postcodes > > Postcodes are (mainly) useful for post offices (in Kenya). > > House numbering is vastly inconsistent, and 'non linear'. > > > > On 31 August 2016 at 20:08, john whelan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Basically Longitude and Latitude? Transpose two numbers and its easily > done > > and you have no address. Having some redundancy in the address is > helpful. > > > > Cheerio John > > > > On 31 August 2016 at 15:00, yo paseopor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> What about a geo referenced and scalable system like...coordinates? > Postal > >> codes are based on inventaries of provinces,states,cities,streets... > Ok, > >> when you don't have anything like this of the inventary is not correct > or > >> not well implemented what about something will never fail? (coordinates) > >> > >> yopaseopor > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> HOT mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > Christian Ledermann > > Newark-on-Trent - UK > Mobile : +44 7474997517 > > https://uk.linkedin.com/in/christianledermann > https://github.com/cleder/ > > > <*)))>{ > > If you save the living environment, the biodiversity that we have left, > you will also automatically save the physical environment, too. But If > you only save the physical environment, you will ultimately lose both. > > 1) Don’t drive species to extinction > > 2) Don’t destroy a habitat that species rely on. > > 3) Don’t change the climate in ways that will result in the above. > > }<(((*> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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