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<p>I am going to say this very quietly.... what3words</p>

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<p>On 2016-08-30 19:12, Florian Lohoff wrote:</p>

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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><br /> Hola,<br /><br /> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 05:03:39PM +0200, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:

<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">Warning: flame thread about to start.<br /><br /> El tirsdag 30. august 2016 16.50.14 CEST Oleksiy Muzalyev escribió:

<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">It is clear that in Iceland there are street signs. However, a growing<br /> number of people on Earth is living in slums [1] or slum-like areas,<br /> where a classical system of addresses from the 19th century is not<br /> affordable.</blockquote>

<br /> Oh for fucks sake. Tell me what's not affordable about spray-painting letters <br /> on the sides of buildings?</blockquote>

<br /><a href="http://www.upu.int/en/activities/addressing/addressing-the-world-initiative.html">http://www.upu.int/en/activities/addressing/addressing-the-world-initiative.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.upu.int/fileadmin/documentsFiles/activities/addressingAssistance/brochureWhitePaperEn.pdf">http://www.upu.int/fileadmin/documentsFiles/activities/addressingAssistance/brochureWhitePaperEn.pdf</a><br /><a href="http://www.upu.int/fileadmin/documentsFiles/activities/addressingAssistance/brochureAddressingTheWorldEn.pdf">http://www.upu.int/fileadmin/documentsFiles/activities/addressingAssistance/brochureAddressingTheWorldEn.pdf</a><br /><br /> Although i think the Upu has some serious conflicts in their members and goals.<br /><br /> Deutsche Post and British Postal Service are both members, and both claim copyright<br /> on the postcode database. So the members of the UPU do not conform to the claimed "public good"<br /> of addressing. <br /><br /> I think OSM could be a major piece in generating addresses for the billions<br /> currently unaddressed - still - its a huge task.<br /><br /> Flo</div>

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