Re: [OSM-talk] Plus code grid service

2018-11-19 Thread Rasťo Šrámek
A plus code is not intended to have the same function as latitude and longitude. It is intended as a replacement for "street name, house number" address parts where those don't exist and cannot be reasonably created. If you write Firstname Lastname WF8R+H6 Praia Cabo Verde on an envelope and

Re: [OSM-talk] Is it technically and legally possible to add the Open Location Code to the OSM search?

2018-08-13 Thread Rasťo Šrámek
Perhaps let me add my 2c: In my mental model there are two cases in which plus codes attain different semantics: a plus code as an encoding of latitude and longitude, and a plus code written on an sign above a door or on a house. If you asked me I'd say the first should not be ingested into a