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The biggest problem with geocoding is that not all places have addresses. Especially in the developing/third world. It also lacks a lot of things I normally li
by dsl 14y ago
The biggest problem with geocoding is that not all places have addresses. Especially in the developing/third world.
It also lacks a lot of things I normally link friends to in Google Maps. For example when giving directions I always link to the street view of the main entrance.
- captainbenises 14y agoI think it'd be cool to have urls like: http://nice-map-urls.herokuapp.com/congo/kasai-occidental/kasai/mweka/25km-northeast/ http://nice-map-urls.herokuapp.com/congo/kasai-occidental/ka...
- 7952 14y agoGeocoding is about turning a textual reference into a grid reference. Without some textual reference you can't geocode. The real problem is a lack of methods for expressing uncertainty from a known definite benchmark.