On 10.08.18 23:06, Simon Poole wrote:
While the goals sound worthy, it is unclear if any of the grid systems
(w3w, plus codes and so on) deliver on their promises and have any
traction outside of people in countries with established addressing
systems trying to push them as solutions for countries without.
As I've pointed out before, if OSM supports a specific system, it
amounts to us picking a winner , and I really don't think that is a good
idea. w3w wants to make money from royalties, google wants to avoid
paying them. Both have a financial interest in us adopting their
systems. IMHO when one eventually "wins" we can start supporting it
then, before one of them pasts the post, it is premature.
Simon
I think it will work like this - a dispatcher at an ambulance service
says during a call: "We will not go to your house unless you provide the
plus-code. Bot the Google Maps and OpenStreetMap websites allow to
generate the plus-code for a house." I mean it will not work without a
leadership.
The OLC is Open Source with the Apache 2.0 license. I have a doubt
though, - cannot Google in couple of years say: "We change the license
and not one has to pay for the OLC usage?" I am not a lawyer and I do
not know such subtleties.
Best regards,
Oleksiy
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