this solution is not open source but found it pretty cool -- https://what3words.com/ . Guardian did a write-up on them here -- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/23/the-gps-app-that-can-find-anyone-anywhere
On Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:28:37 UTC+5:30, Thejesh GN wrote: > > Here is the original github project > > https://github.com/roberdam/Xaddress > > Thej > -- > Thejesh GN *⏚* ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ > http://thejeshgn.com > GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 > > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 21:21, Thejesh GN <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> For a personal project I was looking for a simple way encode location. I >> already knew about OpenLocationCode but today I stumbled upon -> XAddress. >> https://xaddress.org/ >> >> Its open source and available on GitHub. It uses numbers and words >> instead of just numbers. And familiar state and country codes. >> >> Try https://www.xaddress.org/try?lng=en >> >> For example, bus stand in front of Vidhana Soudha is >> >> 9759 OH LATIN >> Karnataka >> India >> >> Of course locally you can just use 9759 OH LATIN. >> >> You can use your own words if you like >> https://github.com/thejeshgn/Xaddress/tree/master/en >> >> >> >> Note: This works only for know countries and states. A >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> Thej >> -- >> Thejesh GN *⏚* ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ >> http://thejeshgn.com >> GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 >> > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
