My preference would be the open source solution. The three words one assumes you will recognise the words and many locations use postcodes already these aren't much different.
How would we make use of it? Thanks John On 11 July 2016 at 11:23, 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. > > Regards, > Blake > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer > <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > sent from a phone > > > >> Il giorno 11 lug 2016, alle ore 16:29, Steve Doerr < > doerr.step...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > >> > >> Just came across this story: > http://qz.com/705273/mongolia-is-changing-all-its-addresses-to-three-word-phrases/ > > > > > > maybe you're also interested in this Twitter account: > https://mobile.twitter.com/what3rudewords > > > > > > cheers, > > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > talk@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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