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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by JimmyAustin on Monday February 04, 2019 @06:18AM (#19075423)
The issue with lat/long isn't just that it's inconvenient, but it doesn't map to high density structures. A resident of 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential building in the world with 96 stories, would share a lat/long with 95 other people.
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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by Double_a_92 on Monday February 04, 2019 @06:30AM (#19075462)
The same applies to just "432 Park Avenue" as well.
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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by dagw on Monday February 04, 2019 @06:23AM (#19075441)
Simple fix. Just include altitude :)
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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by goldenkey on Monday February 04, 2019 @08:13AM (#19076023)
You can do exactly what is done now...

LatxLng Apt 23C

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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by pbhjpbhj on Monday February 04, 2019 @05:40PM (#19081378)
Assuming the building is bound on all sides by roads then delivery drivers will need to know on which of those roads to gain access. Why not name the roads, then you can say the road name.

Also, when sorting mail looking up lat-long for every item is tedious, so we could name the address by the town/city name that it is local too.

Now lat-long is getting to be redundant ...

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