[OSM-talk] Is it technically and legally possible to add the Open Location Code to the OSM search?

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Thu Aug 9 21:27:49 UTC 2018


Hi,

On 08/09/2018 10:48 PM, Vao Matua wrote:
> The Tanzania Development trust has calculated the Plus Code addresses
> for 17 million building points in Tanzania and have added a sample
> village (1800 points) as a test.

This is not a good idea. Please don't do it. It does not make sense! If
someone searches for a plus code on a web site, the site can compute the
lat/lon and take you there, WITHOUT having to add billions of plus code
points all over the word.

Bye
Frederik

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