[OSM-talk] Plus code grid service

Lester Caine lester at lsces.co.uk
Mon Nov 19 17:37:25 UTC 2018


On 19/11/2018 17:16, Rasťo Šrámek wrote:
> A plus code is not intended to have the same function as latitude and 
> longitude. It is intended as a replacement for "street name, house number"
> address parts where those don't exist and cannot be reasonably created.  
> If you write
> Firstname Lastname
> WF8R+H6 Praia
> Cabo Verde
> 
> on an envelope and drop it off at your local post office, wherever you 
> live, it will be delivered.

As long as they know just which code system you are using. This is just 
another in a long list of 'postcode for no postcode' areas. Have any of 
them actually gained traction on the ground?

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