Google launches Plus Codes digital addresses Maps

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Google launches Plus Codes digital addresses for Maps

Google has announced its Plus Codes feature is now available in Google Maps for Android.

A Plus Code is a digital address derived from latitude and longitude coordinates which mimics a street address for people who don't have one.

The code appears as a simple alphanumeric code which can be combined with a locality (for example: 7656+5G, Pretoria, South Africa).

 

[Gravedigger]

Speaking of which, @Hanno Labuschagne ,Vodacom zero-rated what3words for emergency response...

Vodacom zero-rates What3words for emergencies

Vodacom has zero-rated access to What3words, the technology service that’s mapped the world into a grid of 3m x 3m squares, in an effort to make it easier for people to get access to emergency services.

techcentral.co.za

 

[Foxhound5366]

Nice try Google. I've upgraded www.overhere.co.za recently, and I'll maintain that mapcodes are easier to memorise and talk about than plus codes And way easier than what3words. But y'all be the judge and let me know.