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I like this idea but since it requires changing everything in the world to deal with it, I think a better way to enter longitude/latitude co-ordinates would be
by nodata 15y ago
I like this idea but since it requires changing everything in the world to deal with it, I think a better way to enter longitude/latitude co-ordinates would be better.
Or maybe not, since search will make all of this irrelevant :)
- jgrahamc 15y agoIt really doesn't require much change. The major GPS vendors could support it plus the online map services (so that's only a handful of people) and then businesses could start publishing the 10:10 code of their location.
- nodata 15y agoMy car won't support it.
- rmc 15y agoLoads of GPS vendors and loads of online map services isn't "much change"?
- jgrahamc 15y agoTruly, it's not that much change. It would be a small update to allow GPS devices to accept a 10:10 code and validate it, and the online mapping services could quickly add recognizing the codes with a regexp + check the checksum.
- bryanlarsen 15y agoA small update in a well written desktop app? In the poorly written firmware that exists on many embedded device, that's a large change. And given that there's thousands of devices, even it was just a small change it would be a huge massive change because of the number of places that need to change.
- eftpotrm 15y agoThat's a pessimistic reading. Firstly, there's no requirement for universal vendor support for the coding system to be useful. Obviously the motivation for support is higher as is the critical mass of support, but it's not all or nothing. Secondly, by definition one can convert from existing lat/long values to this programmatically. The burden at either input or output end to support this is relatively low and can be calculated from existing data; frankly the greatest burden is in UI, which is hardly insurmountable. That said I'm still not necessarily persuaded this is the right idea or the best implementation, but I think you're overstating the barriers to adoption.
- politician 15y agoI'd suggest that you go after end-user consumers first by adding 10:10 support to their personal GPS devices -- iPhone, Windows Phone, Android. If people like the idea, then major manufactures of single-purpose devices are more likely to adopt it. Plus, it's pretty cheap to build an "app for that".