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Plus codes work as long as your location doesn't change. Happens not so often. But it does happen that the coordinates of a building don't stay fixed: https://

by bhaak 8y ago

Plus codes work as long as your location doesn't change. Happens not so often. But it does happen that the coordinates of a building don't stay fixed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_relocation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_relocation

scotty79 8y ago
What if you move? Your address changes. Why would it be any other way? If you want something attached to your identity not your location, that's what names are for. Just don't be surprised people can't find where you are if you give them your name instead of location.
laumars 8y ago
I would imagine your classic postal address (ZIP / postal code) would also change if that happened since all western methods for addressing houses are based on location. I say "western methods" because there are some exceptions to this rule is countries with high numbers of nomadic tribes.
- jacobush 8y ago
  Hm, in Sweden they are shifting Kiruna, a mining town.
- bhaak 8y ago
  You don't have to resort to countries with nomadic tribes. House numbering logic wildly differs between countries. In Tokyo, houses are numbered in the order in which they are constructed. I would expect a moved house therefore to keep its number. London (or even the UK as a whole?) also has a rather random assignment of house numbers even though the natives will claim its completely logical.
  - chrisseaton 8y ago
    What are you referring to for UK house numbers? They’re just sequential by location on the road in most cases.
  - laumars 8y ago
    > House numbering logic wildly differs between countries. In Tokyo, houses are numbered in the order in which they are constructed. Isn't that the case for most countries? > I would expect a moved house therefore to keep its number. Do you have any reason for this expectation? I ask because your comment here sounds very speculative judging by the way it has been written. > London (or even the UK as a whole?) also has a rather random assignment of house numbers even though the natives will claim its completely logical. It's only random where houses haven't been built sequentially down the road. Much like the Tokyo example you gave. In any case, you're addressing the point about house numbers where as I was discussing postal codes. The two differ. House numbers are an exact designation for your property; be it a house, flat, or even mobile home on a plot of land. Post codes (zip codes, etc) are a region of land which would typically serve a cluster of homes. While you code move a property and decide to keep the same house name (though it would be massively confusing if you kept the same house number if you moved it to another street - so I suspect some authority or other would step in and say you cannot do that), you cannot keep the same post code. To use a comparison, it's a bit like moving your house out of London and into Tokyo but still putting London, England on your addresses and expecting post to get delivered to the right place. While you can move your house, you cannot move London nor England with it. And the same is true for postal / zip codes - in fact more so because you can in theory put garbage down as your address just so long as you get the house number/name and the post code right.
    - Tor3 8y ago
      >> House numbering logic wildly differs between countries. In Tokyo, houses are numbered in the order in which they are constructed. >Isn't that the case for most countries? I don't think so.. as far as I can (subjectively) tell, it's more common to set up a logical system. Another poster mentioned the Finnish system, where the number reflects the physical distance from the start of the road (123 = 1230 meters). Another common scheme is to use even numbers on one side of the road, and odd numbers on the other side, and numbering the houses sequentially, leaving gaps for not-yet built houses. In my street, for example, there's a large gap in the numbering because the next building is nearly a hundred meters away. On the occasional 'two buildings squeezed into one spot' just add A and B (and C and so on) as needed. And around here the numbering always start from the most southern part of the road or street (and if you ask "what about roads going exactly east-west", then a) I don't know, and b) It's really hard to find a roading that goes exactly east-west. I suspect, however, that there's a system for that as well - "if in doubt, start from east" or something).
- Dayshine 8y ago
  >I would imagine your classic postal address (ZIP / postal code) would also change if that happened since all western methods for addressing houses are based on location. Not really, there are plenty of businesses that have big enough buildings that they have a single postal code to themselves.
  - laumars 8y ago
    > Not really, there are plenty of businesses that have big enough buildings that they have a single postal code to themselves. Indeed but doesn't contradict my point because it's still just a location. The only difference is in your example it's home to a singular business rather than multiple residential buildings. As an aside, I've worked in some buildings that actually had multiple post codes. This is common with large government buildings such as County / City Halls.
Double_a_92 8y ago
If the location changes drastically, which I guess would only matter for a public building anyway, you could just update the adress. I don't see the problem.

by bhaak 8y ago

scotty79 8y ago

What if you move? Your address changes. Why would it be any other way? If you want something attached to your identity not your location, that's what names are for. Just don't be surprised people can't find where you are if you give them your name instead of location.

laumars 8y ago

I would imagine your classic postal address (ZIP / postal code) would also change if that happened since all western methods for addressing houses are based on location. I say "western methods" because there are some exceptions to this rule is countries with high numbers of nomadic tribes.

jacobush 8y ago
Hm, in Sweden they are shifting Kiruna, a mining town.
bhaak 8y ago
You don't have to resort to countries with nomadic tribes. House numbering logic wildly differs between countries. In Tokyo, houses are numbered in the order in which they are constructed. I would expect a moved house therefore to keep its number. London (or even the UK as a whole?) also has a rather random assignment of house numbers even though the natives will claim its completely logical.
- chrisseaton 8y ago
  What are you referring to for UK house numbers? They’re just sequential by location on the road in most cases.
- laumars 8y ago
  > House numbering logic wildly differs between countries. In Tokyo, houses are numbered in the order in which they are constructed. Isn't that the case for most countries? > I would expect a moved house therefore to keep its number. Do you have any reason for this expectation? I ask because your comment here sounds very speculative judging by the way it has been written. > London (or even the UK as a whole?) also has a rather random assignment of house numbers even though the natives will claim its completely logical. It's only random where houses haven't been built sequentially down the road. Much like the Tokyo example you gave. In any case, you're addressing the point about house numbers where as I was discussing postal codes. The two differ. House numbers are an exact designation for your property; be it a house, flat, or even mobile home on a plot of land. Post codes (zip codes, etc) are a region of land which would typically serve a cluster of homes. While you code move a property and decide to keep the same house name (though it would be massively confusing if you kept the same house number if you moved it to another street - so I suspect some authority or other would step in and say you cannot do that), you cannot keep the same post code. To use a comparison, it's a bit like moving your house out of London and into Tokyo but still putting London, England on your addresses and expecting post to get delivered to the right place. While you can move your house, you cannot move London nor England with it. And the same is true for postal / zip codes - in fact more so because you can in theory put garbage down as your address just so long as you get the house number/name and the post code right.
  - Tor3 8y ago
    >> House numbering logic wildly differs between countries. In Tokyo, houses are numbered in the order in which they are constructed. >Isn't that the case for most countries? I don't think so.. as far as I can (subjectively) tell, it's more common to set up a logical system. Another poster mentioned the Finnish system, where the number reflects the physical distance from the start of the road (123 = 1230 meters). Another common scheme is to use even numbers on one side of the road, and odd numbers on the other side, and numbering the houses sequentially, leaving gaps for not-yet built houses. In my street, for example, there's a large gap in the numbering because the next building is nearly a hundred meters away. On the occasional 'two buildings squeezed into one spot' just add A and B (and C and so on) as needed. And around here the numbering always start from the most southern part of the road or street (and if you ask "what about roads going exactly east-west", then a) I don't know, and b) It's really hard to find a roading that goes exactly east-west. I suspect, however, that there's a system for that as well - "if in doubt, start from east" or something).
Dayshine 8y ago
>I would imagine your classic postal address (ZIP / postal code) would also change if that happened since all western methods for addressing houses are based on location. Not really, there are plenty of businesses that have big enough buildings that they have a single postal code to themselves.
- laumars 8y ago
  > Not really, there are plenty of businesses that have big enough buildings that they have a single postal code to themselves. Indeed but doesn't contradict my point because it's still just a location. The only difference is in your example it's home to a singular business rather than multiple residential buildings. As an aside, I've worked in some buildings that actually had multiple post codes. This is common with large government buildings such as County / City Halls.

Double_a_92 8y ago

If the location changes drastically, which I guess would only matter for a public building anyway, you could just update the adress. I don't see the problem.