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

[john whelan]

So if OSMand or some such could handle them in a search off line that would
be acceptable?  They are generated from long and lat after all.

My feeling is adding them to Nominatim is not a perfect solution as it
implies OpenStreetMap supports them rather than something else but from a
practical point of view it would solve a lot of problems.  Not least the
idea that tags get added to every building with some sort of address code.
How many different codes for buildings are we going to see?

Currently locally addr: has number, postcode and street name so its
difficult to logically say its one rule for one country and another for a
different one.

Cheerio John

On 9 August 2018 at 17:40, Vao Matua <vaomatua at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is a good idea for the unconnected part of the world. If you have
> access to a website you might as well use three-silly-words.
> If you have a stand-alone app with the Plus Codes on the buildings then
> someone can easily communicate that information.
> Internet connectivity is not world wide.
>
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 2:27 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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