Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names
by CalRobert on Monday February 04, 2019 @08:44AM
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Of course, Google Maps has a problem in that it gives people the wrong eircode if I put in my mailing address (I currently live in a building with several apartments - haven't moved yet). Perhaps Google maps can't handle multiple postcodes per building?
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Quite possibly, yes - or otherwise related to the non-unique mapping from address to Eircode.
The other way round should always work though, i.e., if you give Google Maps the Eircode then it should put the location marker in exactly the right place every time.
Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names
by CalRobert on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @05:03AM
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you're correct, but if people type my exact address "apt X, # streetname, <city>" it still gives them a very different eircode.
Given that more people are using google maps than finder.eircode.ie we might wind up with Google determining truth here.