Envelope Manufacturers Association Discusses Global Address System

Posted by Joachim Bartels | Oct 31, 2011 | Address Systems, International | 0 |

In late October 2011 the Envelope Manufacturers Association held a truly unprecedented and seminal event. Three inventors of geocode systems presented their systems for the audience to compare and contrast: Richard Abas of Geotude, Malaysia; Dr. Xinhang Shen of NACGeo, Toronto , Canada, and Alex Pigot of GoCode, Ireland. These are distinctive systems with individual strengths and shortcomings. The complexity of such a comparison is beyond the scope of this blog and anyone interested will be able to download their presentations from www.ema.org in the very near future. The Executive Director spoke on the subject heading this blog entry. To read his story click on the attachment: Toward-a-universal-addressing-system-notes

Source: GADA

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