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Grid squares? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Locator_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Locator_System On the air, I'm from EN82. That's
by myself248 8y ago
Grid squares? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Locator_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Locator_System
On the air, I'm from EN82. That's a few counties. Enough for people to check a box and say they've contacted someone from this area, or spin their antenna to point more accurately towards my approximate location.
If I need to give more detail, that becomes EN82KM which gets to city level, or EN82KM10, which gets down to just a few blocks.
I could give two more digits and you'd be at my front door....
- tgsovlerkhgsel 8y agoThat's basically what plus codes do, plus some tricks (choosing the alphabet to make them unlikely to spell words to avoid offensive words, different algorithm for the last character, ...)