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

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

On 13.08.18 19:46, Daniel Koć wrote:
> W dniu 13.08.2018 o 18:37, Jo pisze:
>
>> I also don't see a reason to add the OLC codes in tags in the
>> database, even if marked on a building.
> Since buildings are not guaranteed to fit into OLC rectangles and they
> not 1:1 compatible, this usage makes sense for me.
>
The OLC could be used also in property titles, for creating a real 
estate market where it could not exist before. Given - the OLC is 
created from coordinates by a mathematical formula and vice versa.

However, the idea was to give an address to 4+ billion people, the 
majority of the planet population, who at the time being do not have any.

Waiting until the houses are numbered and streets are named may take 
quite some time, - just type in google search "slums" and see the images 
tab.

So if it is not allowed to write the OLC as an address, what should 
people write if they do not have house numbers and street names? 
Nothing? Leave it empty as before?

Regions with classic addresses are rather exceptions, the main part of 
humanity does not have them yet at all. And the idea of the OLC is to 
provide an address, not only as a location (coordinates), but also as a 
plaque, legal address, passport record, medical insurance, school 
records, etc.

I can only imagine how humiliating for say a child to say at school that 
he does not have an address.

However, it is too early to worry about a database. I would concentrate 
first on implementing the generation of OLC and a search for OLC at the 
osm.org , i.e. creating an open source standard for an address in 
cooperation with Google Maps and others, similar as browsers agreed on 
HTML, JS, URL, DNS, SSL open standards. And then it will be seen how 
people use it.

Best regards,

O.