Re: Open Location Code

Hi Frans,

there are several of such systems (but I have not seen any RDF representation). For example, http://what3words.com <http://what3words.com/> or http://mapcode.com <http://mapcode.com/>, but there are more.

OGC also has a Standards Working Group that works on a framework for such systems (not to define yet another one): http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/dggsswg <http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/dggsswg>.

Best regards,
Clemens



> On 21 Aug 2015, at 11:26, Frans Knibbe <frans.knibbe@geodan.nl> wrote:
> 
> 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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