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

Frederik Ramm notifications at github.com
Fri Jul 13 07:28:26 UTC 2018


> Helpful to people who use PlusCodes and totally non-disruptive for people who don't.

This is not correct. Endorsing a certain addressing system and thereby helping to make it popular can have a big impact on people who don't (want to) use it. Your reasoning could be used to support rolling out support for a proprietary addressing system ("doesn't hurt people who don't use it") and before you know it, 13 states in Africa have switched their addressing to the proprietary vendor and you've been one of the enablers. 

We need clear guidelines like [these rules covering the inclusion of tile layers](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Featured_tile_layers/Guidelines_for_new_tile_layers) for the support of third-party geocoders/search engines before we consider adding them.

I am not against adding support for OpenLocationCodes, as I think they would likely clear any sensible rules that we set up, but I don't want to add support "just like that" because before you know it you'll have three peddlers of proprietary addressing systems complaining "why not me".

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