Open Location Code

Re:Open Location Code by sn41 on Monday December 10, 2018 @05:24AM (#18646738)

Yes, this is the current solution. I am a bit dissatisfied that it is not a "uniform" address scheme. It would be nice if an app can guide you to the exact store on the exact floor based on one location code.

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Re:Open Location Code by tylerhou on Monday December 10, 2018 @05:27AM (#18646751)

Floors can be weird; I’m not sure how you’d handle a hotel skipping the 13th floor, for instance. Also, are floors 0 indexes or 1 indexed? It therefore probably shouldn’t be built into the protocol.

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Re:Open Location Code by coldtea on Monday December 10, 2018 @05:45AM (#18646858)

Or it should be built into the protocol and specify a specific ruleset -- if a country/building follows another, it's up to the user to translate.

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Re:Open Location Code by roselan on Monday December 10, 2018 @05:58AM (#18646929)

In some places it can be -1 or 2 indexed so that a building can have more floors than legally specified.

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Re:Open Location Code by bryanrasmussen on Monday December 10, 2018 @06:49AM (#18647180)

Also some buildings could have been added to after building and a basement turned into a living area, so -1.

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