Open Location Code

Hello,

A colleague pointed me at a new way of identifying a location: Open
Location Code <http://openlocationcode.com/>, an initiative from Google. It
is a way to identify a location with a short code, an alternative to a
postal address. Apparently the codes are assigned based on a  global lat/lon
grid. Well, the short explanation on the website is clear enough.

Besides this being an interesting development in the area of locations and
addresses, I wonder how such a new way of identifying a location could be
used with the Location Core Vocabulary. It is an address-like thing, but it
does not seem to fit the INSPIRE Address Representation data type
<http://inspire-twg.jrc.ec.europa.eu/data-model/approved/r937/fc/#_C2538>.
It can be used instead of an address, but also be  part of an address (see
the example "P9FW+6M Pisa, Italy").

I would be nice for such a location identifier to have an RDF definition.
What would be a way to develop and maintain such a thing?

Regards,
Frans



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