Jimoslimos wrote: » The British system or any similar alphanumeric system would probably be best (and likely cheaper to license). Two main criteria for any system 1) Accuracy (to street level at least) 2) Ease of use. 7 digits/letters is about the maximum for any system. One potential problem with using letters in any system is that they can often be mistaken more frequently than numbers (n and m for example), but there's 26 of them which makes it easier to encode more locations. Alas knowing our politicians it'll be unwieldy, illogical and no better than the current vague Dublin postcodes. Plus I imagine any system will bend over backwards to incorporate the D4 and D6W :rolleyes: postcode snobs or those with stupid house names instead of numbers.
MadsL wrote: » Tell that to the courier services, they are begging for a postal code system. Likewise the emergency services. Why would it be a bad thing? Please give as much detail as possible.
kneemos wrote: » Coupled with the callers directions it would be a godsend for the emergency services.
MadsL wrote: » Surely any new system should be accurate to the building and basically get you to the front door.
el pasco wrote: » If you are calling the emergency services you give directions to your house they can also track your house via a landline number or track your call if necessary if they are really stuck they can always ask someone in the area
Mr Simpson wrote: » Time is crucial in an emergency. Stopping for directions in the bog arse of nowhere really isnt the best option
Scaramanga 4 wrote: » How would a postcode help them in the bog arse of nowhere? A big area bog arse of nowhere would have the same postcode.
Jimoslimos wrote: » House number + postcode does that reasonably well in the UK.
Sh1tbag OToole wrote: » I'm in the Youkay now and plenty of stuff still lands up here for the neighbours half a mile up the road. Postcodes are overrated. Just another 'me too' item that our overlords want to fit in with Europe
Deleted User wrote: » The postcode on its own is not enough to ensure the letter gets to the correct address, it only gets it to the correct postcode area (assuming the sorting office does its job!) it still needs the house number (name) on the letter to get to you. I have sent several letters with only the house number & postcode and they've always got through.
Sh1tbag OToole wrote: » In Soviet Ireland you can send a letter with just a name and a county and if it's an unusual name it will arrive. I think the post and couriers should just start supporting GPS coordinates. Instead of inventing new obscure proprietary systems
Deleted User wrote: » True, but the original idea behind the postcode system was to fill the postman’s bag with only the letters he would have to deliver on his round.
Sh1tbag OToole wrote: » What is the status of the postman's bag now, is he still carrying letters around he doesn't deliver? Besides the endless amount of disposable Chinese made shoite people order off amazon dot co dot uk and not have the decency to wait around for to accept in person? Also what happens to Dublin 4 with any new system? Surely the familiar D4 or 4D will be incorporated into the new code system somehow. I cant imagine our overlords are willing to put up with D4 no longer existing and the resulting drop in property value, given the amount of overlords that live in this area. This is a brick and mortar society after all and everyone is a slave to the house prices
Sh1tbag OToole wrote: » I think the post and couriers should just start supporting GPS coordinates. Instead of inventing new obscure proprietary systems
Jimoslimos wrote: » Except postal systems don't work like that. Mail gets collected and sorted at a main sorting office, delivered to a regional centre and then to the local delivery office. GPS coordinates are meaningless in this regard, since they give no information on how the mail should be sorted.
Sh1tbag OToole wrote: » A python script could sort all the closest ones together. It will be grand. An post doesn't need help from the government sorting their mail or we would have heard about it
Jimoslimos wrote: » GPS coordinates are unwieldy and difficult to remember. Plus it would be an almighty mess if everyone was to self-assign their property location, not to mention people mixing deg/min/sec and decimal
Deleted User wrote: » Unless a river passes through the middle of the zone and the nearest bridge is several kms away. An Post have already "sorted" it out!
Sh1tbag OToole wrote: » A river? Sure you get over that
Deleted User wrote: » A postman or courier will not appreciate having the deliver to both sides if it means a long drive to get to the bridge that allows him to get to the other side of an obstruction, it's better if one does one side and another does the other side.
Sh1tbag OToole wrote: » They aren't the postmen we used to have so. Back in my day the postman swam a mile and a half upstream, both ways to deliver the cat food I ordered.
cerastes wrote: » how come the UK manages with 6 characters and we need 8? or is the new system something else
Zaph wrote: » We'll all be tattooed with our own personal postcode, which will result in a greatly enhanced postal service as the postman will be expected to deliver all items directly into the hands of the recipient.
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