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shen@ecf.toronto.edu (SHEN  XINHANG) writes:


>Dear Net Readers:

>As many people requested, I post my proposal again in order to supply
>details to the interested people.  Please simply ignore it if you have
>already read it before. 


>Xinhang Shen

> 




> A Multiple Usage Area Coding System -- The Natural Area Coding System 
>                      by Xinhang Shen

>OBJECTIVE:                
>*    To create a geocode system for all purposes in the world, such as: 
>     usedd as a global postal code system, an efficient location system
>     for emergency agents, a standard map grid system, and so on, since 
>     it is extremely inconvenient for people using different systems to 
>     communicate with each other so as to result in many losses of life
>     and property.  It is impossible for people to remember all the 
>     geocodes of their addresses in different systems.


>This proposal provides a natural area coding system based upon the 
>natural coordinates of longitude and latitude on the earth.  The system 
>comprises a character string of four characters for the longitude and a 
>second character string of four characters for the latitude of a 
>particular location.  Each of the characters in each of the strings is 
>selected from a character set consisting of digits 0 to 9 and all 
>consonant English capital letters.  The major usages and advantages of 
>the system are listed as follows:  

This system has a serious drawback in that it makes actually
DELIVERING the mail a real nightmare.  Should a letter addressed to
someone right on the border of countries A and B be sent to the
airport in A or the airport in B?  Should postal routes be based on a
grid system?  What if 4 grids come together at the top of a remote
mountain, will 4 separate postmen have to drive up the circuitous
route to the mountain top?

Grids are great for mapping applications, but I think postal codes
must be based on poiltical and practical considerations.

Dave