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

[Blake Girardot]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 4:30 PM, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:
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> Am 10.08.2018 um 22:14 schrieb Blake Girardot HOT/OSM:
>> ...
>> Our community should have a say in what wins, we can try them both,
>> but here is a local group asking us to try plus codes and there is a
>> lot of momentum behind it.
> In the case of w3w one can actually make a technical case for including
> them in OSM, in the case of plus codes, as has been pointed out. that is
> absurd. If a community wants to try out one or the other, more power to
> them, I just fail to see what that has to do with OSM.
>
> Simon
>
> PS: naturally the momentum has a lot to do with very very very deep pockets
>

Oh absolutely. Vendors supporting OSMF is critical. If a donor wants
to sponsor particular improvements, I 100% support that if the
community generally supports the improvements.

I think we are all agreeing it has really good, lightweight, dynamic
implementation characteristics. That is a great technical criteria.

I do not support w3w (full disclosure founder of w3w has been a
supporter of HOT, an organization I work for, these are my opinions
only). It is a fun idea, but I think it does not work for a number of
reasons. But super cool idea.

But while I do not like the w3w solution, if they wanted to support
OSMF to improve w3w support in osm core and the ecosystem of tools I
would be all for giving it the exact same trial if the community
agreed.

But generally, I think plus codes are coming out looking quite good
from a technical perspective, both dynamically generated and static
uses like address signs and printed maps.

Cheers,
blake



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