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

Simon Poole simon at poole.ch
Mon Aug 13 17:34:28 UTC 2018



Am 13.08.2018 um 18:46 schrieb Daniel Koć:
> 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.
>
If you are doing that, why bother with OLC then, when  you can just as
well do some kind of sensible easily digestible house numbering? As you
are recording the value in a geospatial dataset all the advantages of
OLC vanish in a puff of smoke IMHO.

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