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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by eloisant on Monday February 04, 2019 @07:22AM (#19075697)
You still need an easy way to tell people how to get to your physical address to visit you.
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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by lisper on Monday February 04, 2019 @07:53AM (#19075892)
Sure, but then it doesn't matter what format you give that information out in. You can just give them driving directions.
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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by gregknicholson on Monday February 04, 2019 @08:45AM (#19076289)
Congratulations! This is xkcd #783.

There's no need to remove addresses from places that already have them, and a system like [Plus codes](https://plus.codes/) could identify physical locations without an address.

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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by A2017U1 on Monday February 04, 2019 @08:01AM (#19075949)
A Google maps link would likely save them time rather than telling them the actual address.
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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by gbear605 on Monday February 04, 2019 @08:24AM (#19076111)
But what if they want to use Waze or Bing Maps or Apple Maps or...?
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Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names by icebraining on Monday February 04, 2019 @02:29PM (#19079783)
Yeah, using a Geo URI[1] would be a better option. And helpfully, Android already supports them.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo_URI_scheme

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