May be but there's no need at all of OLC codes in the database itself. The
OLC code is a rough rounding of actual coordinates, and coordinates are on
all objets with much more precision.
May be you can design a query application that allows you to enter an OLC
code and zoom to it, or get the OSM
Agreed but in their complete absence OLC area codes can be a useful
substitute.
If you know how many coffee drinkers there are in a given OLC area code
then you can decide if its worth opening up a coffee shop.
Starbucks for example will do this sort of research before opening a new
store and
postcodes are certainly not equivalent as they are related to a
distribution area and logistics, which is not based on a strict géographic
grid but on access and population to desserve
Le dim. 12 août 2018 à 20:46, john whelan a écrit :
> So you could use them as postcode equivalents. Is any
On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 2:43 PM, john whelan wrote:
> So you could use them as postcode equivalents. Is any statistical data
> available associated with an area? Such as population etc? The area used
> to collect the data might be a better choice.
>
> Cheerio John
I would not say postcode
So you could use them as postcode equivalents. Is any statistical data
available associated with an area? Such as population etc? The area used
to collect the data might be a better choice.
Cheerio John
On Sun, 12 Aug 2018, 1:20 pm Blake Girardot, wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> For anyone that would
Hi all,
For anyone that would like to visualize that the Open Location Code
grid looks like, I took some screen shots of it overlayed with some
imagery.
The smallest squares in the examples each have a 10 character OLC
number/letter code. You will notice like every grid, the real world is
not on
Except we don't hold the z coordinate in the OSM database.
There are other addressing schemes such as three words but using the lat
and long for the address is much simpler. Encoding it with OLC gives you
the advantage of a more human friendly looking address.
There are issues which have been
Yes,every point on the surface of the earth is already coded with x,y and
z coordinates ,which to the lay man is imaginary lines of latitudes,
longitudes and altitude.With the emerging and advanced smart
technology,its application maybe represented and accessible in various
formats but the
+ 1 with John Whelan
Every place already has an "address" simply called latitude, longitude.
The Open Location Code is simply another way of expressing that
latitude, longitude.
If some platform wants to provide an interface between OSM data to Open
Location Code fine.
But I don't expect
I think you have missed a major point. You do not give anyone an OLC. It
is simply their lat and long encoded in letters.
So every building in the world has a lat and long, it is its location.
This can be expressed as an OLC.
Cheerio John
On Sat, 11 Aug 2018, 4:49 pm Blake Girardot, wrote:
Hi John,
I appreciate your thoughtful and informative remarks as always here
and on the osm-talk thread, especially about the Open Location Code
discussion.
I clearly generally agree they are not a perfect solution and I am not
even sure we know all the possible use cases, but they are a very
Open Location Code or Plus code is just a method of representing latitude
and longitude in a more human friendly way.
It was originally created by Google but has been released under an open
licence.
It is possible to set osmand to show coordinates as OLC. This means it can
display the OLC code
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