[OSM-talk] Without an address, an Icelandic tourist drew this map of the intended location (Búðardalur) and surroundings on the envelope. The postal service delivered!

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

It is clear that in Iceland there are street signs. However, a growing 
number of people on Earth is living in slums [1] or slum-like areas, 
where a classical system of addresses from the 19th century is not 
affordable. The majority of people do not have any addresses and will 
never have them, unless something better is invented, - a robust 
universal system based on physical laws. Sometimes dwellers may have 
smartphones but not addresses.
[1] http://www.who.int/gho/urban_health/en/

On 30.08.2016 16:25, Jóhannes Birgir Jensson wrote:
> The actual address to that farm would be much shorter even, Hólar, 
> Búðardal.
>
> Simple phone book lookup gives us this 
> https://ja.is/?q=h%C3%B3lar%20b%C3%BA%C3%B0ardal (here Hólar has been 
> changed to dative case Hólum).
>
> Probably you'll find a small sign by the driveway to the farm at the 
> main road with the farm name, thats about it for signage in rural areas.
>
>
> Þann 30.08.2016 13:44, Oleksiy Muzalyev reit:
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/50a5pk/without_an_address_an_icelandic_tourist_drew_this/?ref=share&ref_source=link 
>>
>>
>> I never saw this type of addressing on an envelope. It is interesting
>> because the system with the street name signs and the house number
>> plaques is very expensive, requires a lot of service, dedicated
>> lightning, etc.
>>
>> Here is this place on the OSM map:
>>
>> http://osm.org/go/e1DQElSx--?m=
>>
>> It took just several seconds to find it (even without knowledge of the
>> Icelandic language).