2016-08-30 19:24 GMT+02:00 Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl>: > I am going to say this very quietly.... what3words > >
IKEA furniture is more recognizable than english words http://www.what3ikea.com/ /s Cheers, Stefano > > > On 2016-08-30 19:12, Florian Lohoff wrote: > > > Hola, > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 05:03:39PM +0200, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: > > Warning: flame thread about to start. > > El tirsdag 30. august 2016 16.50.14 CEST Oleksiy Muzalyev escribió: > > It is clear that in Iceland there are street signs. However, a growing > number of people on Earth is living in slums [1] or slum-like areas, > where a classical system of addresses from the 19th century is not > affordable. > > > Oh for fucks sake. Tell me what's not affordable about spray-painting > letters > on the sides of buildings? > > > http://www.upu.int/en/activities/addressing/addressing-the-world- > initiative.html > http://www.upu.int/fileadmin/documentsFiles/activities/ > addressingAssistance/brochureWhitePaperEn.pdf > http://www.upu.int/fileadmin/documentsFiles/activities/ > addressingAssistance/brochureAddressingTheWorldEn.pdf > > Although i think the Upu has some serious conflicts in their members and > goals. > > Deutsche Post and British Postal Service are both members, and both claim > copyright > on the postcode database. So the members of the UPU do not conform to the > claimed "public good" > of addressing. > > I think OSM could be a major piece in generating addresses for the billions > currently unaddressed - still - its a huge task. > > Flo > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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