2015-11-22 13:16 GMT+01:00 Simon Poole <si...@poole.ch>: > > While developing a similar system to w3w might be an attractive proposal, > have you checked what the w3w patent covers given that the thoughts in the > referenced issue would seem to result in at least a very similar system? >
Actually no, I like how they patented things like "ONEWORD". Brb gotta retire my demo Thanks, Stefano > > Am 22.11.2015 um 13:00 schrieb Stefano: > > Hi, > just for reference in May I saw a discussion on okfn-labs on "opening up" > w3w by doing an open location code system (different from the Google one). > https://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-labs/2015-May/001623.html > > See also https://github.com/pudo/open3words/issues/1 > > Regards, > Stefano > > 2015-11-22 12:37 GMT+01:00 Simon Poole <si...@poole.ch>: > >> It is not as if there are not numerous alternative addressing schemes >> see for example this list (which was produced for an open system from, >> gosh, the goog). >> >> >> https://github.com/google/open-location-code/blob/master/docs/comparison.adoc >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> > >
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