Comment on House Address “Twins” Proximity (2017)Comments−luplex4yI got nerdsniped hard by this. If I can find the data, I might try to replicate the analysis for Germany.I learned that in Japan, it's quite common for neighbors to have the exact same address, if the entrances fall in the same number zone.As always, addressing is a story that shows us that all our nice simple abstractions don't suffice. An address is not always street+house number.−ghaff4yAlthough I've been there a number of times, I'm not sure I've ever totally gotten the Japanese addressing system. Fortunately, with GPS it's a fair bit easier these days.
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I got nerdsniped hard by this. If I can find the data, I might try to replicate the analysis for Germany.
I learned that in Japan, it's quite common for neighbors to have the exact same address, if the entrances fall in the same number zone.
As always, addressing is a story that shows us that all our nice simple abstractions don't suffice. An address is not always street+house number.
Although I've been there a number of times, I'm not sure I've ever totally gotten the Japanese addressing system. Fortunately, with GPS it's a fair bit easier these days.