Open Location Code

Also known as plus code, plus.codes, OLC, location codes, location code, Google plus codes, Google Plus Code

encoding of geographic coordinates into a short string of characters and digits, named plus code

Source code

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The technology is designed to produce codes that can be used as a replacement for street addresses, especially in places where buildings aren't numbered or streets aren't named. Codes that are similar are located closer together than codes that are different. are publicly available and can be used without restriction. Geocoding services are not a part of the Open Location Code technology. The subdirectories contain sample implementations and tests for different languages. Each implementation provides the following functions:

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