Re: Open Location Code

2015-08-21 11:51 GMT+02:00 Ghislain Atemezing <auguste.atemezing@eurecom.fr>
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> Hi Frans,
>
> [Thanks for pointing us this initiative. I’ve never heard it before…
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> Le 21 août 2015 à 11:26, Frans Knibbe <frans.knibbe@geodan.nl> a écrit :
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> 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”).
>
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> Looking at the requirements used to build OLC
> https://github.com/google/open-location-code/blob/master/docs/comparison.adoc#desired-attributes,
> it’s clear that INSPIRE data type is not mention maybe because it’s too
> difficult to handle?
>
> In the same doc [1] they mention other initiatives, like the one pointed
> by Raphael, and add two more services. Could be interesting to understand
> why in their study, they didn’t mention INSPIRE at all.
>
> What I see really interesting here is in their design goal: “OLC is
> especially designed for places where buildings aren't numbered or streets
> aren't named.”
>

I guess that is a reason why the INSPIRE address data type was not
considered. The INSPIRE data type is based on traditional postal addresses,
but not all locations have a postal address. These other systems can be
used to identify any place on earth. Which is useful in many scenarios,
like having a pizza delivered to the patch of grass in a park where you
happen to sit :-).

Regards,
Frans


>
> Best,
> Ghislain
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> [1]
> https://github.com/google/open-location-code/blob/master/docs/comparison.adoc#web-based-services
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