A Geocode Is Not an Address
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A Geocode Is Not an Address
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Re: A Geocode Is Not an Address
#2It's been discussed before, but what 3 words had a ton of flaws compared to other systems like pluscodes. What they do have is a great PR person who gets them fantastic advertising article like this one.
https://github.com/google/open-location-code/wiki/Evaluation...
Re: A Geocode Is Not an Address
#3Seems to me that the article starts with an argument that Puerto Rico’s addresses are confusing to US addressing because they follow Spanish heritage. And then argues that replacing with Geocoding would lose the heritage connection. Presumably making addresses US standard would lose the same heritage connections.
Also seems to fail to recognise that the zip code or postal code part of the address is a specialised, possibly irregular shape, geocode that identifies an area of the world within its local context.
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#4Among other flaws of geo codes already discussed were: they are non continuous so you cannot know who is neighbor with whom, they cannot be used for navigation (follow that street, turn into another one) and they are not permanent, because earth moves.
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#5Most of the people(me included) want just an accurate address, easy to share/communicate and care very little about its story. Most of the street names have nothing to do with the actual place anyway. If you want to mark an event you can always build a landmark.
I'm pretty sure that the young people have no problem with the new system(considering is more accurate) and this is a classic example of people resisting to change(of any kind).
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#6It's been discussed before, but what 3 words had a ton of flaws compared to other systems like pluscodes. What they do have is a great PR person who gets them fantastic advertising article like this one. https://github.com/google/open-location-code/wiki/Evaluation...
Chris Mellon, the author of this piece seems to be on their payroll, there are countless 'articles' by him in various media.
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#7Among other flaws of geo codes already discussed were: they are non continuous so you cannot know who is neighbor with whom, they cannot be used for navigation (follow that street, turn into another one) and they are not permanent, because earth moves.
I understand geo codes as a better positioning system. If i want to describe i dont have to describe e.g. in a park very ambigous because there are no clear points. I can say i am at e.g. „house flower car“ and they can find it easily by translation to gps coordinates and showing on a map.
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#8It seems (and sorry to sound blunt but it seems so) that Puerto Rico the State (not the people) has not done its homework in a long time. Japan has a much more complicated address system and they do not seem to have a problem.
If FEMA does not know how to reach a point, the problem is not the type of address used, it is that nobody (in the Administration) has cared in quite a while.
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#9Among other flaws of geo codes already discussed were: they are non continuous so you cannot know who is neighbor with whom, they cannot be used for navigation (follow that street, turn into another one) and they are not permanent, because earth moves.
What do you mean by "earth moves" do you mean tectonic plates ?
Wouldn't that apply to any of the other global location descriptions (GPS coordinates) as well? And is this really less permanent than street names/numbers that may be changed several times over the course of a few hundred years?
If you are going to describe a path to an ancient tomb, Indiana Jones style, than the movement might matter but over the timespans this system is used I don't think earth movement is an issue.
Re: A Geocode Is Not an Address
#10Among other flaws of geo codes already discussed were: they are non continuous so you cannot know who is neighbor with whom, they cannot be used for navigation (follow that street, turn into another one) and they are not permanent, because earth moves.
What do you mean by "earth moves" do you mean tectonic plates ? Wouldn't that apply to any of the other global location descriptions (GPS coordinates) as well? And is this really less permanent than street names/numbers that may be changed several times over the course of a few hundred years? If you are going to describe a path to an ancient tomb, Indiana Jones style, than the movement might matter but over the times…
> changed several times over the course of a few hundred years
The street I live on has had four names over the last 100 years, as different regimes have taken power.