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Re:Open Location Code by 5555624 on Monday December 10, 2018 @05:28AM (#18646754)
Who determines what is the "first floor"? Last week I had a medical appointment. The doctor's office was on the 6th floor; but, it was 7th floor counting up, as the building's ground floor is the "Lobby."
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Re:Open Location Code by vinay427 on Monday December 10, 2018 @05:39AM (#18646811)
This is normal in many countries but it's extremely uncommon in theUS, where as you implied the ground floor is typically the "first" (in the numerical sense) floor.
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Re:Open Location Code by astura on Monday December 10, 2018 @05:42AM (#18646838)
This is a very common numbering scheme in some countries (at least most of Europe) but very uncommon in the US.
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