[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Added PlusCode functionality to search (#1818)

RobJN notifications at github.com
Thu Aug 9 22:57:29 UTC 2018


> The proprietary systems are not brilliant inventions or engineering feats; the only thing that sets them apart is their marketing and sales budget. Which they have precisely because they promise big profits down the line.

Um, you've lost me on that one @woodpeck. What bid profits? "Plus codes are free. There are no licensing fees or other costs. The technology is open-sourced." This isn't W3W!

As @drinckes says: It takes a lot of money to countries to go about naming all their roads. Plus codes is available for free now (and always) and it doesn't prevent a government from naming all their roads and creating a postal address system when time and money allows. 

See Doug's full talk from SotM 2017 here:
https://2017.stateofthemap.org/2017/open-source-street-addresses/

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