<p>Small usecase and wishful thinking here, but looking back a few years ago Ireland introduced "Eircode" as a postcode system.  It has a scandal-level amount of issues but the citizen campaign for better solutions didn't succeed. If one of the Free geocoding schemes was more established at the time, it would have helped the campaign. OLC isn't my technical favorite, but AFAICT  it's the one that has the most support. The more support it gets, the more I'll be able to use it as an Eircode alternative.</p>

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