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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/09/16 17:43, john whelan wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">In many
parts of the world addresses don't exist.<br>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">There
are multiple schemes that will create addresses using three
words, etc.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">However
lat and long exists for everywhere on the planet.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Internally
.osm files have the lat and long for every POI.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">However
dig it out of the xml code and drop it into Nomination and you
get an error. lat='45.472891' lon='-75.4891002'<br>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">What
sort of accuracy would we need? Do we need all the digits?
Can we build something with a check digit in to help with
transposition errors.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Is
there some way to be able to dig out the lat and long easily
from OSM for a non technical user? Something that could be
cut and pasted? and search for a location using latitude and
longitude?<br>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Note
none of this cannot be solved technically its more finding a
process(es) to make it more user friendly for those who may
not have a PhD in GIS.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
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John<br>
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<p>Hello John,</p>
<p>I usually create a link at the OSM map in the Share section and
then dig out from the link a latitude and a longitude for a place.
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<p>It is a very good idea to create an easy way to extract a
latitude and longitude for a location on the OSM map say to
clipboard in one click, and then vice versa, just drop two figures
into the search box and get a marker on the map, - does not matter
if these two figures separated by colon, space, etc. And make the
same functionality on mobile version, in JOSM, apps, etc.<br>
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<p>Latitude and longitude are physical values, they will never
change for a house on Earth, no matter what. They do not depend on
politics, economics, linguistics of the current moment.<br>
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<p>Certainly, for most OSM mappers an address is not an issue,
however we could take a part of responsibility and create an
address system for billions of people who do not have it.</p>
<p><br>
I was impressed when I read Article #70 [1] of the new
constitution of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud">Canton
of Vaud</a> (my translation in English):</p>
<p><i>Chapter 9 Associations and volunteers </i><i><br>
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<p><i>Art. 70</i><i><br>
</i><i>1 The state and municipalities take into account the role
of associations and recognize their importance.</i><i><br>
</i><i>2 They may grant to recognized associations support for
their activities of general interest.</i><i><br>
</i><i>3 They may delegate them tasks within the framework of
partnership contracts.</i><i><br>
</i><i>4 They facilitate volunteering and training for volunteers.</i></p>
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<p>I mean an association like the OSM has got its importance and its
share of responsibility, and it does not matter if it consists
from volunteers. <br>
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<p>Again great idea of yours, simple and elegant.<br>
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<p>[1]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified-compilation/20030172/201503110000/131.231.pdf">https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified-compilation/20030172/201503110000/131.231.pdf</a></p>
<p>Best regards,</p>
<p>Oleksiy<br>
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