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Comment by ortusdux

Several groups have 'solved' this issue by making more human readable coordinate systems. IIRC, What3Words kicked things off, but there were licensing and regional issues that slowed adoption. I personally like Google's free and open source Plus Codes. You can vary the precision by adding more digits to the location:

"The precision of a plus code is indicated by the number of digits after the "+" sign.

Two digits after the plus sign is an area roughly 13.7 by 13.7 meters; Three digits after the plus sign is an area roughly 2.7 by 3.5 meters; Four digits after the plus sign is an area roughly 0.5 by 0.8 meters."

https://maps.google.com/pluscodes/learn/

parent ortusdux 3 years ago

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