[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Add OpenLocationCode to OSM website (#1807)

[Peter]

ppKrauss left a comment (openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website#1807)

**Solution** proposal: use another [domain name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name), and redirect the *geocode resolution* to OpenStreetMap (or others like [Wikipedia's Geohack](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Pra%C3%A7a_da_S%C3%A9&params=23_33_01_S_46_38_02_W_source:kolossus-ptwiki_type:landmark)). But a good name.

I can **donate the domain name `osm.codes` to this community**. Domain ownership can be similar to that of a condominium: the OSM Foundation owns 45% of the property (to manage foundation's trademark "OSM") and a set of OSM interested members who are also here at *this issue* split the 55% ownership. The only objective of the `osm.codes`  will be redirect or "resolve" [geocodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocode). **Not only OLC**, but also Geohash, postcodes, OSM-IDs and others elected by this community and it rules.

Dividing between 10 or more people the *annual cost* (host solution + maintain domain) will be minimal, 20 dollars per person or less. The cited other tools of the OSM ecosystem  (like Osmand, OrganicMaps, Mapy.cz, etc.) can be also invited to contribute.

PS: as an [persistent and official domain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_uniform_resource_locator) it can be used in other initiatives, like [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P402), that need not only ID of relations, but also node-IDs and way-IDs interacting with it. It is easy to configure all at NGINX.  


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