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I was really impressed that vectors could be encapsulated in names, removing the need for street information to be stored.…",{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"8268978","superasn","This is a rather wonderful concept. English names are good but often when names in another language are converted into English and typed into Google maps they can be spelled many…",[87,102,113],{"value":88,"source":52,"evidence":89},"Generated names are hard to pronounce, spell and remember, and sound unnatural.",[90,94,98],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"8268943","wuliwong","I don't think I'm on board with this. Here are two names from the same street: NOZAXO-JEJEZU, NUZAXOJ-JAJEZUN and here's one from another location in the city PABAXO-GAKEZU.…",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"8269361","anon4","Those aren't names, those are random jumbles of letters that are somewhat pronounceable. They might be also hard to localise for places that don't use English words. 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