[HOT] Addresses in Africa

Denis Carriere carriere.denis at gmail.com
Wed Aug 31 13:42:04 UTC 2016


Really like the concept of a "beer census", it sounds crazy enough to
actually work.

This type of census would be very valuable to No-Government Agencies
delivering food & supplies in case of emergencies/disasters.

Great idea Ivan!

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On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es>
wrote:

> El onsdag 31. august 2016 08.29.01 CEST usted escribió:
> > ​"bottle area codes"
> >
> > I like the idea but [...] A bit like net neutrality I think postcode
> would
> > be more neutral.
>
> I kinda disagree. Postcodes won't be neutral, because (as we've seen from
> previous conversations) post offices/agencies tend to squeeze money from
> that
> kind of data if they can.
>
> Call me crazy, but I think beer (with local breweries and more than one
> brand,
> AFAIK) might be the most neutral commodity for this scenario, as it reaches
> and is demanded by illiterate population (unlike post!).
>
>
> I'm thinking crazy experiments such as "beer census" - fill a form that
> comes
> with the beer cases, those get bundled up the hierarchy, then you compile
> the
> info, then you can send one free **addressed beer** back to everyone. All
> of a
> sudden you create a demand for addressability.
>
>
> Of course, people in the ground will have the best knowledge, but I stand
> in
> my point: it's unwise to consider post offices/agencies the prime (or only)
> source for any kind of survey of area codes.
>
>
> --
> Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es> <ivan at geonerd.org>
> <ivan at mazemap.no>
>
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