On 31/08/16 07:54, Andreas Vilén wrote:
"frame;lock;door" hmm... or was it "frame;lock;window"? ---> mail gets
delivered to the other side of the world. If you write "Main street
15" instead of "Main street 13" it will probably get delivered
correctly anyway as long as the name is correct.
Also, tell people who are supposed to deliver mail in the favelas of
Brazil to constantly wear a smartphone around their neck and you will
see very few people willing to do that work...
Imo it's better to let these areas choose their own (classic)
addresses and then report these to the authorities.
/Andreas
It looks like they are trying to do exactly this. Here is a map of a
part of Rio de Janeiro in Brasil: http://osm.org/go/OVcch3Alh- .
But this approach is not scalable, - even on this map you can see three
/Rua C/, four /Rua A/ (Rua means Street in Portuguese). Without a
central authority it will end up in numerous duplicates.
I heard that in such areas of a city a smartphone is a basic necessity,
because if one leaves home when it is dark outside it is difficult to
find way back as there are no street signs, and one may realistically
get lost till dawn.
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