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Some alternatives that I am aware of: https://wikimili.com/en/Natural_Area_Code https://wikimili.com/en/Natural_Area_Code , https://what3words.com/ https://wha

• ColinWright 7y ago
  Some of which are mentioned here: https://github.com/google/open-location-code/wiki/Evaluation-of-Location-Encoding-Systems https://github.com/google/open-location-code/wiki/Evaluation...
• oquidave 7y ago
  This is why these technologies never get mass adoption; so many solutions duplicating themselves trying to solve the same thing. Fact is, most users would care less about numerous implementation, they need to be educated just one solution which works fine. Personally I find plus.codes from Google user-friendly. They are already integrated in Google Maps which has over 1 billion downloads. They are free and opensource which means they can be used in third-party apps. Why is someone is reinventing the wheel is beyond me.
  • abdullahkhalids 7y ago
    Where do I find them in Google maps? what is the plus.code for the Eiffel tower? https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eiffel+Tower,+Paris,+France/@48.8539241,2.29133,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47e6701f7e8337b5:0xa2cb58dd28914524!8m2!3d48.8560934!4d2.2930458 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eiffel+Tower,+Paris,+Franc...
    • michaelhoffman 7y ago
      https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eiffel+Tower/@48.853909,2.2825967,14z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x47e6701f7e8337b5:0xa2cb58dd28914524!2sEiffel+Tower,+Paris,+France!3b1!8m2!3d48.8560934!4d2.2930458!3m4!1s0x47e66e2964e34e2d:0x8ddca9ee380ef7e0!8m2!3d48.8583694!4d2.2944796 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eiffel+Tower/@48.853909,2.... V75V+8Q Paris, France
    • FroshKiller 7y ago
      I don't know about that specific listing from your link, but I dropped a pin right on l'avenue Gustave-Eiffel behind the tower and got the code V75W+43 Paris, France. Plus codes appear right under the address line.
      • abdullahkhalids 7y ago
        Thanks. It seems you have to specify a pin, and not an area to get a plus code.
        • drinckes 7y ago
          Hi - plus codes founder here. We display the plus codes in Google Maps on all business listings. We don't display it on political features or boundaries (typically because having a lat/lng for "France" isn't super useful). That particular Eiffel Tower result is for the area, not the tower itself, so it doesn't get a plus code. The entry specifically for the tower, https://g.page/toureiffelofficielle?share https://g.page/toureiffelofficielle?share, should display the plus code on it. If you're on mobile, you can get the plus code for any location by just holding your finger on the map, and then expanding the card that appears. It should include the lat/lng and plus code. Hope that helps!
    • notatoad 7y ago
      The eiffel tower search result is the whole park, which is larger than the area spanned by a single plus code and therefore does not display it's plus code. picking a smaller location displays the plus code, for example https://imgur.com/0YoSuWz https://imgur.com/0YoSuWz
  • petschge 7y ago
    As usual there is a relevant XKCD. This time it is https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
    • Moru 7y ago
      That xkcd is very common around here I noticed. We often get brilliant ideas that someone else already had.
• gclawes 7y ago
  There's also this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Grid_Reference_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Grid_Reference_System
• ungzd 7y ago
  Also, much older systems: QRA Locator and Maidenhead Locator System.
• jxfreeman 7y ago
  I just got more and more frustrated reading the README because I kept thinking this has already been done brilliantly and in multiple languages. It’s called What3Words.
  • andrewshadura 7y ago
    No. W3w is not open and not brilliant precisely because it exists in multiple languages.