Hi John, John Smith wrote: > It's come up in the past about unique IDs for objects, some people use > OSM IDs for this, however someone has come up with a different way to > do this, make a QR code and stick it to the object and use the QR > codes ID number: > > http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-add-anything-to-internet-of.html > > I wonder how hard it would be to have OSM stickers with unique ID > codes and ask business owners to put them up in their windows?
we are doing something like this here in Ethiopia. We assign OSM POIs (IDs) with short names (www.addismap.com/name). We have prepared stickers and write with a perma marker the name part. No QR code anyways, as nobody would have the sufficient mobile phones to decode that stuff. Greetings from Addis Ababa, Alexander www.addismap.com _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
