YEs, there has been many such systems. some of them have even been patented
A number where compared https://github.com/google/open-location-code/wiki/Evaluation-of-Location-Encoding-Systems The trick is not in inventing some clever algorithm to encode location, it's in inspiring widespread use. On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 12:22 PM Eli Sompo <e...@jlaw.co.il> wrote: > And it's auto calculated to every point on earth... > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-location-code/13056c82-2e49-4ec3-b85b-934177ce25e8%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-location-code/13056c82-2e49-4ec3-b85b-934177ce25e8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-location-code/CAJCAUu%2B3Ytwq%2B4X-q7Oh8fmK3p_bYmdPaVaaP8r9zotnb0%3Djww%40mail.gmail.com.