[OSM-talk] Open Location Code and Graffiti

Oleksiy Muzalyev oleksiy.muzalyev at bluewin.ch
Thu Aug 30 11:16:52 UTC 2018


Hi John,

I started to work on a tool which generates the OLC in a convenient way 
on the OSM map: http://ausleuchtung.ch/olc/

Just left click on the map to get the OLC code. The map memorizes a 
location where the OLC was generated last time.

The OLC length is 11 characters (8+3), it means the precision is about 
one meter.

I plan to add a possibility to save/delete the generated codes as 
geo-markers on the map.

A municipality dispatcher can retrieve a location either via link 
similar to: https://plus.codes/87C4VXQ2+P42 or via Google Maps search box.

I could not figure out how to get a location from the OLC and the 
OpenStreetMap. These links do not work so far:
https://www.osm.org/olc/87C4VXQ2+P42
https://www.osm.org/go/87C4VXQ2+P42
https://www.osm.org/87C4VXQ2+P42

The OSM's search box does not accept the OLC either.

So I will probably add the location retrieval feature to the tool too.

Best regards,
Oleksiy

On 26.08.18 00:03, john whelan wrote:
> It sounds an odd combination but locally you can report Graffiti to 
> the municipality and they arrange for it to be cleaned up by the phone 
> company, electric company etc.
>
> The targeted electric boxes are often at the back of houses or on 
> stretches of highway that have no houses which means describing 
> exactly where they are becomes problematical.  200 meters south of the 
> X Y junction on the north side of the highway.
>
> When reporting I use JOSM to pick up the street name from OSM then cut 
> and paste it into the Web form.  I invariably make mistakes when 
> trying to type in names such as Bottriell Way.
>
> So to make this work the municipality and the phone company etc. have 
> to be able to recognise the OLC codes.  I probably need to add the 
> boxes as a node into OSM initially just those that have Graffiti, some 
> particular ones are more frequently covered than others.
>
> They may have to be transcribed, so do OLC codes incorporate a check 
> digit?
>
> Anyone have any experience with working with municipalities and phone 
> companies etc in this way?  Yes Lat and Long would work but might be 
> confusing to people who have to work with them, again check digits 
> would avoid transcription errors.
>
> I also need something to generate an OLC code when using JOSM.  I 
> could use OSMand but its difficult to cut and paste from one device to 
> another.
>
> Inspiration anyone?
>
> Thanks John
>
>
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