Mastodawn

I like Open Location Coordinates AKA #olc #plusCodes as these are a compact, readable easily sharable open way to identify global coordinates.

There's 2 renderings though, a full one and a version that's abbreviated but needs a locality name.

The long one is great, the other one is useless because an app would need a massive db of placenames.

Guess which version #googleMaps gives access to...

@artfulrobot
I only recently discovered #Mapcode; seems like it got some geospatial community buzz a decade ago, now mostly quiet
Mapcode Finder app available for iOS and Android
https://www.mapcode.com/
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapcode

The Mapcode Foundation provides a free postcode/addressing system for all countries and all locations on Earth.

mapcode

@ShutterbugDoug that's very cool. I wonder why it hasn't taken off.

I guess you need a big database to map the codes to lat/lon.

It would be very cool though to be able to describe any location in the UK with 5 characters!

Thanks for sharing