Further to the launch of Eircode.

Gary Delaney is a GPS and positioning consultant and a director of Loc8 Code, the “modern alternative” to a post code rejected by the government in place of Eircode..

Gary writes:

“Of The total cost to the economy of the proposed postcode is estimated at €100million (NOT the €26.5 million popularly quoted);- yet An Post have said they do not need it, the code is to be mainly random and therefore prone to error, the code is limited to “letterboxes”, the code will not solve public safety issues and the needs of the emergency services, the code will be optional and therefore may not enjoy popular use, the code has not been subjected to oversight and there is no guarantee that the global leaders in Navigation devices will support it as they are already supporting other cheaper, more robust and more flexible next generation solutions….

Anyone?

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