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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses by cstigler on Sunday January 18, 2015 @11:57AM (#8907958)
GPS coordinates don't generally include altitude, correct? If he's in a six-floor apartment, how could GPS define which floor he's in?
Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses by michaelcampbell on Sunday January 18, 2015 @05:49PM (#8909304)
Then it's not a GPS coordinate, it's a lat/long one. GPS measurements include altitude; whether or not one chooses to use it is a different matter.
Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses by hawkice on Sunday January 18, 2015 @02:28PM (#8908518)
Bingo. In my apartment building none of the units had numbers. I could point you to my unit, which was one of two doors on my floor, the other leading to a unit directly above me. So even GPS + Floor wouldn't quite me enough, although that's close enough that we could figure out who the package was for.
Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses by dignati on Sunday January 18, 2015 @12:12PM (#8908013)
Then the full name should be anough to determine the floor. More problematic though is the inaccuracy of GPS. Where I live, my smartphone's GPS encircles 3 buildings.