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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
@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