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1. Temporary Marjolein (mk@oracle.skilledtests.com)'s status on Monday, 18-Jul-2016 04:53:32 UTC Temporary Marjolein

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   @bobjonklman "lack of mnemonic value" is a biggie already, it's neither easily remembered, nor pronounced(!) or communicated off-line. The 'zoomed-in' code given on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Shortlink is already 8 characters that would need to be pronounced separately (including 'uppercase' and 'lowercase' qualifiers), don't include a pointer, and seems to address a much larger area than 3x3 meters - to get down to that level the code would be even longer (and less pronouceable). Three words in your own (or a well-known) language have an inherent error-correction quality, and the 3x3 meters grid ensures an actual address (apart from height), small enough to point to a single building. The OSM code is still a code for machines, the W3W code is a code for humans. But I agree it would somehow need to be made "provider-independant".
2. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Sunday, 17-Jul-2016 22:16:11 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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   @mk @arunisaac But what's wrong with the !OSM Shortlink? (aside from its ugliness and lack of mnemonic value) It's well documented, and easily reproduced by other developers. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Shortlink