Google's Open Location Codes can now be searched on both Google
and Google Maps.
In April, Google
Maps released Plus Codes — or Open Location Codes (OLC) — to identify
hard-to-find locations across the globe.
Starting
today, Plus
Codes can now be searched both on Google Maps and Google so that users can
find places that are difficult to locate due to poor data accuracy or coverage
or place that do not have a specific street address.
These
codes become extremely helpful in places with high population density but poor
data accuracy or coverage, or those that lack a specific addressing system
altogether. Kathmandu, Nepal, has a population of around one million people,
but most roads have no names, and houses have no street numbers. Being able to
precisely navigate without local knowledge is difficult. Plus codes will now
let you easily specify your destination.
- Google Maps Blog
To find a
Plus Code, visit http://plus.codes and share
your location. The site automatically pinpoints where you are and provides a
code similar to the following 7MV7P8R9+W2 code for Kathmandu (the abbreviated P8R9+W2
code will show if you’re already in Kathmandu):
If you
search for the same 7MV7P8R9+W2 Plus Code on Google, the first result is a map
of Kathmandu with a marker on the specific location:
Google
points out that Plus Codes are beneficial for a number of reasons, from finding
friends at the beach to providing crisis response organizations with more
accurate location data.
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