[yellowbkpk]

Mapcode doesn't identify a place/business/venue, it identifies a location on earth. If the building moves or a business changes offices then the Mapcode changes, too.

Take a look at Mapzen's gazetteer project "Whose on First". It aims to generate a unique identifier (and store with it concordances for other venue IDs, opening hours, images, etc.) for every venue on earth and is designed to handle situations where a business is started, changes location, or closes.

https://whosonfirst.mapzen.com/

(Disclaimer: I work for Mapzen)

[taylorbuley]

Very cool! Business (vs. what I call place) is interesting, indeed. I'm working in local media with 150+ year content archives so for this ask I'm more interested in telling the story about a location on earth then the business that currently occupies it. Businesses come and go (or move around) but looking at a single place on earth can be quite the storytelling opportunity too!