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Open Location Code

The Open Location Code (OLC) is a geocode based on a system of grids for identifying any place on the Earth. Google's Zürich engineering office developed the system and published it in October 2014. Geocodes in the OLC system are referred to as Plus Codes.

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Open Location Code

Nodes26
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Triples16
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
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related to Specification · 15
Open Location Code → After, At, Each, East, Near, North, S-N, South, That, The, The Open Location Code, Those, W-E, West, WGS84
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Open Location Code → way of encoding location into a form that is easier to use than coordinates in latitude and longitude

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plus code codes location system latitude longitude coordinates used 20 digits south block four olc grid subblocks open shortened example

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Open Location Codeis away of encoding location into a form that is easier to use than coordinates in latitude and longitude0.90text
Open Location Coderelated to SpecificationThe Open Location Code0.60section
Open Location Coderelated to SpecificationWGS840.60section
Open Location Coderelated to SpecificationEach0.60section
Open Location Coderelated to SpecificationThe0.60section
Open Location Coderelated to SpecificationWest0.60section
Open Location Coderelated to SpecificationEast0.60section
Open Location Coderelated to SpecificationSouth0.60section
Open Location Coderelated to SpecificationNorth0.60section
Open Location Coderelated to SpecificationThose0.60section
Open Location Coderelated to SpecificationNear0.60section
Open Location Coderelated to SpecificationAt0.60section

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