Mapcode – A short address for any location on Earth • Hacker News Board

  Mapcodes are a free, open way to make every house or location on Earth 
  addressable by a short code. With nothing else except your mapcode, 
  for instance, a navigation system will bring someone to within meters 
  of your front door.

So what happens if you live in a multi-story block of flats?

Re: Mapcode – A short address for any location on Earth

#8

Post by micheljansen » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 1:52 PM UTC

jgrahamc wrote: post #3

Similar idea: http://blog.jgc.org/2010/06/1010-code.html

Nice idea to include a check digit. Mapcode doesn't have that (though they recommend specifying the country separately). On the other hand, with only 4 characters, Mapcode should be easy enough to remember.

Re: Mapcode – A short address for any location on Earth

#9

Post by Zikes » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 1:52 PM UTC

axyjo wrote: post #6

No. They serve entirely different purposes.

Yep, if this were feasible as a postcode then we'd have switched to lat/long addresses ages ago.

Re: Mapcode – A short address for any location on Earth

#10

Post by micheljansen » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 1:53 PM UTC

codeduck wrote: post #7

Mapcodes are a free, open way to make every house or location on Earth addressable by a short code. With nothing else except your mapcode, for instance, a navigation system will bring someone to within meters of your front door. So what happens if you live in a multi-story block of flats?

Presumably, for car navigation, that doesn't matter (that's what the address is for).