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Eircode - Why did they bother?

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    #542
    WestWicklow1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭WestWicklow1


    KellyXX wrote: »
    Anything accept TomTom :)

    Google maps or Waze.

    Ah right. I thought you meant a stand alone dedicated GPS.


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    #543
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users Posts: 4,421 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    The true answer to this, I believe, is that the ever powerful amazon (no, not the rainforest which is irrelevant) said it was too costly to deliver stuff to Ireland without a computer friendly post code delivery system, and even threatened to stop service to Ireland should we fail to implement one in a half arsed manner.


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    #544
    flaneur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 960 ✭✭✭flaneur


    Actually, the entire logistics sector has been looking for rational Irish addresses for years.

    The low density population is enough of a struggle without having addressss that are like something out of the Chronicles of Narnia and are often non unique or utterly useless for actually finding a location.

    It results in extra costs, delays, extra fuel burn, more CO2 and so on.

    The state knew that any attempt to rationalise addressss here, which would be necessary for a continental or US style addrsss and short code system, would result in issues.

    Then throw in the official languages act which means that addresses can be in either language and you can’t actually use the county names without possible legal challenges. Even using D for Dublin resulted in complaints and was risky.

    Then add the political chaos likely if you started to define postal districts and they impacted house values ...

    The result was they went for a pseudorandom code that avoided all of that. It does the job but it’s very much a solution to a lot of Irish issues that are rather idiosyncratic.


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    #545
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,263 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    ToddyDoody wrote: »
    The true answer to this, I believe, is that the ever powerful amazon (no, not the rainforest which is irrelevant) said it was too costly to deliver stuff to Ireland without a computer friendly post code delivery system, and even threatened to stop service to Ireland should we fail to implement one in a half arsed manner.

    This would be reason for the Irish government not to create Eircode to protect de local jobs.


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    #546
    [Deleted User]
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    This would be reason for the Irish government not to create Eircode to protect de local jobs.
    As it is, they delayed it for as long as possible and quite likely pushed kicking and screaming into setting up one.


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