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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses (2013) by jobigoud on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:33AM (#24928398)
But do programmers believe that? Even in big US cities streets are cut and restart a few blocks later...

And the numbers don't go from one end to another they often start at the city center and increase in both directions. In Los Angeles Wilshire Boulevard start counting from downtown LA and also start counting from downtown Santa Monica at the other end and they meet with highest numbers somwhere in the middle. If you have an appointment at 900 Wilshire make sure your GPS don't send you on the other side of the city an hour of traffic away.

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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses (2013) by nicbou on Friday October 30, 2020 @03:09AM (#24939870)
They might not believe it. They might just not think about it.

I worked at HERE Maps, and little things like these cropped up in meetings. One of the benefits of a diverse team is that someone will often point it out.

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