What is OLC?<br>
Plus Codes are the most practical scheme for communicating addresses<br>
(locations) I have encountered in my 30 years of geospatial work.<br>
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On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 9:18 AM Bjoern <notifications@github.com> wrote:<br>
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> Sure - This is not about adding OLC to<br>
> the OSM metadata. We have a clustering algorithm that determines clusters<br>
> of houses. We label these with OLC (outside OSM), acting like a postcode,<br>
> as we don't have names (nor do local health workers). So the OLC provides a<br>
> logical label, that can be printed on maps, or sets of bookmarks in<br>
> maps.me. I would also like maps.me/Google maps to be able to generate OLC<br>
> for sharing. I think OSMand can do this. We can then collect village names<br>
> over time, or communicate specific needs for villages using OLC. However,<br>
> if OSM cannot look up the OLC is problematic for us.<br>
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