[OSM-talk] Giving everything a unique ID

[Alexander Menk]

Hi John,

John Smith wrote:
> It's come up in the past about unique IDs for objects, some people use
> OSM IDs for this, however someone has come up with a different way to
> do this, make a QR code and stick it to the object and use the QR
> codes ID number:
> 
> http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-add-anything-to-internet-of.html
> 
> I wonder how hard it would be to have OSM stickers with unique ID
> codes and ask business owners to put them up in their windows?

we are doing something like this here in Ethiopia.

We assign OSM POIs (IDs) with short names (www.addismap.com/name). We 
have prepared stickers and write with a perma marker the name part.

No QR code anyways, as nobody would have the sufficient mobile phones to 
decode that stuff.

Greetings from Addis Ababa,

Alexander

www.addismap.com