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#Microblog Monday 405: Addresses

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I didn’t expect to get this enthralled by an article about addresses. I thought the solution for no address would be to assign everyone a post office box in a centralized location, wondering how it would work because people may need to travel long distances to get mail.

But this system of using Google Plus Codes is brilliant.

Most articles about technology are about how much it sucks, but it’s important to remember how much we gain from tech.

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4 comments

1 Mali { 08.22.22 at 8:11 am }

That’s great. Yes, we take so much for granted – even something so simple as an address.

2 Alexicographer { 08.22.22 at 3:15 pm }

That’s fascinating (and cool). My British cousins are tremendous fans of what3words, which is a somewhat similar concept but not (IMO) nearly as good, as it seems to assign random 3-word listing to — everywhere on earth (square meter by square meter, or similar?). But the words are all random, so sure, you can look them (or a location) up, but e.g. begging.pickled.dignity and begging.pickle.dignity are in TOTALLY different locations.

3 Doreen Mendez-Sierra { 08.22.22 at 3:23 pm }

What a great story!

4 loribeth { 08.22.22 at 8:50 pm }

That really is amazing! 🙂

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