On 31/08/16 13:37, john whelan wrote: > There has been considerable talk about addressing schemes for areas > that do not have street names etc. Three words etc.
Y'know you don't have to go as far as Africa to find countries with address "systems" like that. I give you: Ireland. In rural areas (many) streets have no names, and many houses have no numbers, using house names instead. Lowest level administrative areas (townlands) are often used (but not always accurately) to construct an address. About 30% of rural addresses are non-unique. i.e. The postman has to know things from the surname on the letter. A new postcode system has been released recently, which gives every letter box a unique & random code. But it'll be years before that's used a lot. Alas, Ireland's drink monoculture means Ivan's beer address system probably wouldn't work. :) Read more: * https://www.autoaddress.ie/products/irish-addressing * http://www.dataireland.ie/News/Pages/Tricky-Irish-Addresses-Why-do-Irish-addresses-pose-so-many-problems
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