Hi Oskar, The big advantage of plus codes is that it allows people to communicate a location in a way that is easier than latitude,longitude.
For example, you could embed a plus code in a QR code, but since it's going to be read by a computer, then you could just stick with the latitude and longitude, like in this one: [image: image.png] Ngā mihi, Doug Rinckes, Technical Program Manager, Google Switzerland GmbH; 9G8F+6W Zü rich <https://www.google.com/maps/search/9G8F%2B6W%20Z%C3%BCrich> On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 09:07, 'Oskar' via Plus Codes Community Forum < open-location-code@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I was asking for QR codes not to replace Google Plus Codes but as an > additional tool. Sorry that I haven't made that clear, probably 'cause > English isn't my native language. > > Just think about an user with a smartphone and navigation > application/device. It would be an easy task to scan a QR code with > embedded geolocation for setting up a route from e.g. current position (or > somewhere else) to the QR code destination. Nothing to enter, just a scan > and to make a choice which application/device it is meant for. > >>>MAPCODE<<< > <http://www.mapcode.com/getcoords.html?Submit=Interactive+map> has it > already! > > -- > Public site: http://www.openlocationcode.com/ > Github project: https://github.com/google/open-location-code > Demo site: http://plus.codes/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Plus Codes Community Forum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to open-location-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to open-location-code@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/open-location-code. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-location-code/7ef02b84-45f3-4aaf-aae8-06847e5798fa%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-location-code/7ef02b84-45f3-4aaf-aae8-06847e5798fa%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Public site: http://www.openlocationcode.com/ Github project: https://github.com/google/open-location-code Demo site: http://plus.codes/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Plus Codes Community Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to open-location-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to open-location-code@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/open-location-code. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-location-code/CAGFr2LLy_LARn6peB%3DSX-wFxxEx1-jehzCXg4DPbd6Efpj9AXA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
