<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">>I'm saying that OLC is just one of many methods, and it is simply a<br>
conversion of the already stored latitude and longitude. The interface<br>
tools are the only element that needs to support any of these<br>
conversions. Nothing needs to be stored in the database.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Agreed but you do need to be able to see where it is hence the suggestion that Nomination could support it.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Cheerio John<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 July 2016 at 20:31, Lester Caine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lester@lsces.co.uk" target="_blank">lester@lsces.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 11/07/16 20:58, john whelan wrote:<br>
> In Canada suite 201 would be understood to be 2nd floor suite 1 of the<br>
> building. Where did the name of the building come into it?<br>
</span>Sub-building element of any addressing scheme. BUT OLC specifically<br>
excludes adding something like that ... unless they have changed the<br>
spec again?<br>
<span class=""><br>
> Do you have<br>
> a suggestion for Africa that is less than a very long string of latitude<br>
> and longitude remembering that any encoding system would need to be<br>
> understood by both the person creating it and the person using it?<br>
><br>
> Are you saying there is a better solution for encoding the co-ordinates?<br>
</span>I'm saying that OLC is just one of many methods, and it is simply a<br>
conversion of the already stored latitude and longitude. The interface<br>
tools are the only element that needs to support any of these<br>
conversions. Nothing needs to be stored in the database.<br>
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