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Something like What Three Words could be useful there. If someone came up with an open solution, using Spanish words, maybe it would catch on?
by gorbypark 4y ago
Something like What Three Words could be useful there. If someone came up with an open solution, using Spanish words, maybe it would catch on?
- elil17 4y agoGoogle's plus codes are open source and probably more useful than What Three Words: https://maps.google.com/pluscodes/ https://maps.google.com/pluscodes/ I think they are a better solution because they are hierarchical (removing the right most character of the code gives you a larger region encompassing the longer code) - that means that nearby places will have codes with similar prefixes. They also exclude visually similar characters, making them easy to read and handwrite.
- bombcar 4y agoThe huge HUGE disadvantage to both is you need something with an internet connection, or at least a database, to find where you're going. Whereas anyone who can understand the language and is in the area can find "the red house behind the hospital".
- elil17 4y agoUnless the hospital doesn't exist anymore, as mentioned in the article. Then you'd need local knowledge.
- rootusrootus 4y ago> removing the right most character of the code gives you a larger region encompassing the longer code When I tried that, Google just told me it didn't recognize the code. Is it a recognized method or just a useful attribute for human interpretation?
- elil17 4y agoI oversimplified this, sorry. You have to pad the plus code so that the segment to the left of the plus has enough characters, and there are a couple other rules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Location_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Location_Code