[HOT] Addresses in Africa

[Sylvester Adjapong]

Hi,

I have been involved with street naming and mapping activities in Ghana for
sometime know. Currently most street have been named and houses numbered in
the format, however these data exist only within district or government
offices! Our postcode system works differently and it belongs to
individuals and not houses so it will be a bit difficult to sync in with
postcodes. Recent development is ongoing to see how we can link these
separate data into one for easy identification.

I would be glad to share more light on our street naming system and how
houses are numbered and also how we can easily link these data using a
unique property number (upn) that is assigned to each house

It would be a great deal for business within this landscape.

Thanks

Sylvester
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On 31 August 2016 at 06:42, Denis Carriere <carriere.denis at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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