This article made me think of this thread.... http://www.domain.com.au/news/letter-with-map-instead-of-address-still-gets-delivered-in-iceland-20160905-gr90u1/
Pete On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Rory McCann <r...@technomancy.org> wrote: > On 31/08/16 13:37, john whelan wrote: > > There has been considerable talk about addressing schemes for areas > > that do not have street names etc. Three words etc. > > Y'know you don't have to go as far as Africa to find countries with > address "systems" like that. I give you: Ireland. In rural areas (many) > streets have no names, and many houses have no numbers, using house > names instead. Lowest level administrative areas (townlands) are often > used (but not always accurately) to construct an address. > > About 30% of rural addresses are non-unique. i.e. The postman has to > know things from the surname on the letter. > > A new postcode system has been released recently, which gives every > letter box a unique & random code. But it'll be years before that's used > a lot. > > Alas, Ireland's drink monoculture means Ivan's beer address system > probably wouldn't work. :) > > Read more: > > * https://www.autoaddress.ie/products/irish-addressing > * > http://www.dataireland.ie/News/Pages/Tricky-Irish-Addresses-Why-do-Irish- > addresses-pose-so-many-problems > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- *Pete Masters* Missing Maps Project Coordinator +44 7921 781 518 missingmaps.org <http://www.missingmaps.org/> *@pedrito1414* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> *@theMissingMaps* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> *facebook.com/MissingMapsProject* <https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject>
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