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The Irish system,"eircode", is actually more exact. Much more exact. I live in a regular semi split into two flats, and upstairs have a different eircode to m
by soneil 7y ago
The Irish system,"eircode", is actually more exact. Much more exact. I live in a regular semi split into two flats, and upstairs have a different eircode to me. Because we both share the same front door, our letter-box is actually mapped to three eircodes - eg 1 (the address of the house before it was split), 1A & 1B (downstairs/upstairs, post-split). I also find it interesting that the three are non-sequential.
- noneeeed 7y agoThat's pretty cool. It's funny that Ireland has such an accurate system now, when it used to be used as the classic example of not assuming things about addresses because much of Ireland didn't have postcodes of any form. I really like the idea of having a system that is that accurate. Although as someone else pointed out, in the UK your postcode and house number/name are almost always enough to uniquely identify your property.
- blibble 7y agopostcodes aren't mailbox identifers and were never designed to be exact they are a routing code for the postal service the number and postcode uniquely identify a mailbox