[OSM-talk] Working with lat and long simply

[john whelan]

To make it really simple if we could encode the lat and long in a bar code
then a delivery person with a smartphone could scan the bar code and have
the address displayed on a map.

That makes life much more interesting as now you can give someone a list of
packages in the order they are to be delivered in and then all they need to
do on delivering one is scan the next to see where to go to next on the map.

That saves time which means money which means it stands a much better
chance of being adopted.

Cheerio John

On 10 Sep 2016 12:55 pm, "Oleksiy Muzalyev" <oleksiy.muzalyev at bluewin.ch>
wrote:

> On 10/09/16 17:43, john whelan wrote:
>
> In many parts of the world addresses don't exist.
>
> There are multiple schemes that will create addresses using three words,
> etc.
>
> However lat and long exists for everywhere on the planet.
>
> Internally .osm files have the lat and long for every POI.
>
> However dig it out of the xml code and drop it into Nomination and you get
> an error.  lat='45.472891' lon='-75.4891002'
>
> What sort of accuracy would we need?  Do we need all the digits?  Can we
> build something with a check digit in to help with transposition errors.
>
> Is there some way to be able to dig out the lat and long easily from OSM
> for a non technical user?  Something that could be cut and pasted?  and
> search for a location using latitude and longitude?
>
> Note none of this cannot be solved technically its more finding a
> process(es) to make it more user friendly for those who may not have a PhD
> in GIS.
>
> Thanks John
>
>
>
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> Hello John,
>
> I usually create a link at the OSM map in the Share section and then dig
> out from the link a latitude and a longitude for a place.
>
> It is a very good idea to create an easy way to extract a latitude and
> longitude for a location on the OSM map say to clipboard in one click, and
> then vice versa, just drop two figures into the search box and get a marker
> on the map, - does not matter if these two figures separated by colon,
> space, etc. And make the same functionality on mobile version, in JOSM,
> apps, etc.
>
> Latitude and longitude are physical values, they will never change for a
> house on Earth, no matter what. They do not depend on politics, economics,
> linguistics of the current moment.
>
> Certainly, for most OSM mappers an address is not an issue, however we
> could take a part of responsibility and create an address system for
> billions of people who do not have it.
>
>
> I was impressed when I read Article #70 [1] of the new constitution of the Canton
> of Vaud <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud> (my translation in English):
>
> *Chapter 9 Associations and volunteers *
>
> *Art. 70*
> *1 The state and municipalities take into account the role of associations
> and recognize their importance.*
> *2 They may grant to recognized associations support for their activities
> of general interest.*
> *3 They may delegate them tasks within the framework of partnership
> contracts.*
> *4 They facilitate volunteering and training for volunteers.*
>
>
> I mean an association like the OSM has got its importance and its share of
> responsibility, and it does not matter if it consists from volunteers.
>
> Again great idea of yours, simple and elegant.
>
> [1] https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified-compilation/
> 20030172/201503110000/131.231.pdf
>
> Best regards,
>
> Oleksiy
>
>
>
>
>
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