Open Location Code

Open encoding, published by Google in October 2014, that turns coordinates into short codes such as 8FVC9G8F+6X; a free alternative to proprietary address grids. [?]

Read the specification ↗ plus.codes

Part of the thread Who runs the registry? proposes

alternative to

• what3words project 2013 [src]

[?] Unconfirmed

• description: Google's role is not sourced here.

Sources

• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23582265
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What3words