<p dir="ltr">To make it really simple if we could encode the lat and long in a bar code then a delivery person with a smartphone could scan the bar code and have the address displayed on a map.</p>
<p dir="ltr">That makes life much more interesting as now you can give someone a list of packages in the order they are to be delivered in and then all they need to do on delivering one is scan the next to see where to go to next on the map.</p>
<p dir="ltr">That saves time which means money which means it stands a much better chance of being adopted.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheerio John </p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 Sep 2016 12:55 pm, "Oleksiy Muzalyev" <<a href="mailto:oleksiy.muzalyev@bluewin.ch">oleksiy.muzalyev@bluewin.ch</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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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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<div class="gmail_default" 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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<div class="gmail_default" 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"><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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<div class="gmail_default" 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" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks
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" target="_blank">Canton
of Vaud</a> (my translation in English):</p>
<p><i>Chapter 9 Associations and volunteers </i><i><br>
</i></p>
<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 href="https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified-compilation/20030172/201503110000/131.231.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/<wbr>classified-compilation/<wbr>20030172/201503110000/131.231.<wbr>pdf</a></p>
<p>Best regards,</p>
<p>Oleksiy<br>
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