[OSM-dev] [Talk-GB] OSM shortlinks problem

[John Smith]

On 30 March 2010 08:34, Gregory <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Well I suggested that you remove problematic symbols, and just use A-Z, a-z,
> 0-9 if need be.

The problem is you need 64bits, a-zA-Z0-9 gives you 62 characters, you
need another 2 for 64 bits...

> Steve Doerr wondered if replacing it with %2D would solve it. I'm not sure

3 chars to represent 1 bit... that's a bad trade off...