On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On a slightly more serious note: > > There are other solutions to the issue of lack of addresses in large > parts of the world. > > Google has put forth a solution that tries to address most of the w3w > issues. It is open source, works off line, non-propriety, usable for > printed maps among other issues they try and solve, called Open > Location Codes aka "Plus Codes" > > http://openlocationcode.com/ > > > https://maps.googleblog.com/2015/08/plus-codes-new-way-to-help-pinpoint.html > > https://plus.codes/ > > It is still a work in progress for them but they are seriously seeking > feedback from the OSM and humanitarian communities. I have no opinion > on it because it is a bit beyond my full understanding at the moment, > but as I said, thoughtful feedback on it would help I think. The mailing lists have talked about what3words before, too: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2015-November/075051.html
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