Everyone's got an address in the world-wide plus-code system, and they're used for deliveries in many countries: maps.google.com/pluscodes/
Everyone's got an address in the world-wide plus-code system, and they're used for deliveries in many countries: maps.google.com/pluscodes/
How do plus codes handle elevations(floors) or rooms within a building? It seems that the Japan Post system allows for this.
This is a key distinction. Plus codes map to a 14m x 14m square area and aren't aware of things like building units or elevation.
If you live in a high rise apartment, a plus code does not identify you precisely. Sadly to do this you need some knowledge of a structure's internals. It makes sense it's being done on the national level in Japan.
The default +2 plus code is ~14m resolution. But you can add more characters to the end to get higher res. 5 more gets you down to sub centimeters.
Or even just addresses that are split between multiple pluscodes?
For example, a duplex where the front door of each unit is adjacent to the other. Even at the 4m resolution, that means both units front doors (and thus street addresses) can fall into one single pluscode.
A location based system can not possibly work on its own. Mail is not send to one physical address, it is delivered to a specific person.
Ideally a physical address should point to a public entrance. Such an address can be geocoded.
Locating a person or business from that entrance is a separate concern. Which must not involve 3D or indoor maps.
Where in the world do you live that there are no multi family homes?
>Locating a person or business from that entrance is a separate concern. Which must not involve 3D or indoor maps.
No, it isn't. If it were a separate concern what would be the point of encoding the address in the first place?
> Everyone's got an address in the world-wide plus-code system
Debatable considering it's based on lat/lon only.
> used for deliveries in many countries
Source? Their own website only lists 3 use cases, and only one is used for mail delivery, and even that is in Kolkata only.