- From: Dimitris Kontokostas <jimkont@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:31:47 +0000
- To: Daniel Alexandre <bicomplex@gmail.com>
- Cc: semantic-web@w3.org
Received on Thursday, 8 March 2018 16:32:21 UTC
Hi Daniel, A similar concept is described here (but use a 3x3 grid) https://what3words.com Best, Dimitris On Thu, Mar 8, 2018, 12:53 Daniel Alexandre <bicomplex@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, I have some ideas to share about an international postcode system > using meter cubes. Each postcode location would be quite small, that is, > the size of a meter cube. Each postcode location would be a meter cube in a > grid of cubes with an edge of 21 million cubes. This would total > 9,261,000,000,000,000,000,000 cubes. All cubes would be numbered, using 22 > algarisms (21m^3= 22 digits). Please let me know if you are interested and > I will share my blog about it. This would have many applications and > particularly cool with augmented reality, semantic web and new ways of > world mapping for propriety register and real estate. 9,261,000,000,000,000,000,001 > to 9,999,999,999,999,999,999 could be codes used for moving items, like > telephone numbers, ISBNs, RFIDs or IP addresses. Everyone would get used to > this string codes of 22 algarisms. > > Daniel Alexandre, BEng(Hons) > London, UK > bicomplex@gmail.com >
Received on Thursday, 8 March 2018 16:32:21 UTC