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

[Emmor]

What is OLC?
Plus Codes are the most practical scheme for communicating addresses
(locations) I have encountered in my 30 years of geospatial work.

On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 9:18 AM Bjoern <notifications at github.com> wrote:

> Sure - This is not about adding OLC to
> the OSM metadata. We have a clustering algorithm that determines clusters
> of houses. We label these with OLC (outside OSM), acting like a postcode,
> as we don't have names (nor do local health workers). So the OLC provides a
> logical label, that can be printed on maps, or sets of bookmarks in
> maps.me. I would also like maps.me/Google maps to be able to generate OLC
> for sharing. I think OSMand can do this. We can then collect village names
> over time, or communicate specific needs for villages using OLC. However,
> if OSM cannot look up the OLC is problematic for us.
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