Common
Open Location Code
Alphanumeric encoding of geographic coordinates
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. Open Location Code is a way of encoding location into a form that is easier to use than coordinates in latitude and longitude. Plus Codes are especially useful where there is no formal system to identify specific places. Plus Codes are differently expressed latitude and longitude coordinates, so they can be assigned to any location. They are similar in length to a telephone number (e.g., 849VCWC8+R9) but can often be shortened to four or six digits when combined with a locality (e.g., CWC8+R9, Mountain View, California). Locations close to each other have similar codes. They can be encoded or decoded offline. The character set avoids similar-looking characters to reduce confusion and errors and avoids vowels to make it unlikely that...
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