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Condition1952
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A Critical Analysis of the What3Words Geocoding Al...
What I dislike of plus.codes is that they have replaced GPS coordinates on google maps. GPS coordinates are multiplatform where only Google maps seems to be able to decode those fancy codes
snthd
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Pluscode is a trademark. The actual standard is called "open location code" and is unrestricted -
https://github.com/google/open-location-code/
growse
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I get both latlng and plus codes when selecting a location on the android games client.
Plus codes are an open standard, osmand at least also supports them.
Condition1952
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So the problem is not Google maps but the other proprietary app. Thanks for the heads up
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