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I wonder how many people could find a country on a world map and drop a pin. I bet it's not too many.
Depends on the country they are from. In the EU, for example, I'd bet that everyone above the age of 12 could find their own country on a map
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I know what we should do! A dropdown with every possible latitude and longitude combination.
What sort of precision are we talking about, here? If an input is interested in my place of birth, a precision of a square kilometer is typically sufficient. But if someone's asking me where I would like my stuff shipped, I would require a minimum of a square meter.
Well, don't forget an altitude combo, since apartments exist :)
I have my doubts as to whether a generic solution solves this. The author notes some issues, like using it for place of birth. Now you need a temporal list for "countries that existed in year XYZ". There are similar issues for shipping. Not everyone ships everywhere. If the list is abstract and unknown to me, how do I whitelist/blacklist? Am I supposed to know that Scotland exists in the list or not? What if it's for…
An input list of all current passport issuing countries would be useful. The Scotland problem doesn't arise as they don't issue passports (the UK does).
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It was said in the original article, so I'd ask how that quip contributes to their own point beyond inviting this exact conversation. It's a very socially charged statement. Do you also expect people to overlook a quip about gun control laws while explaining how monads work in Haskell, or is that conversation off the table because you embedded it inside another topic?
I honestly don’t think the writer was trying to ‘invite this discussion’, she made an offhand comment about her experience. I think people are seizing this as an opportunity to talk about their pet peeve. The comment doesn’t add to the discussion about whether a country field would be useful or how it could be implemented at all . But anyway did you read the twitter thread? The writer proposed standardizing a common…