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Everything about Open Location Code
Alphanumeric encoding of geographic coordinates
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. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Open Location CodeA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Extremal digraphs for open neighbourhood location-domination and identifying codesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The web application hacker's handbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A Proposal for Modeling Indoor–Outdoor Spaces through IndoorGML, Open Location Code and OpenStreetMapCited 6 times
- Go sideways: GeocodeA closely related topic
- Go sideways: GeohashA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
🆕 Influential since 2022
đź“š Books worth reading
The web application hacker's handbookDafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto · 2007
Automate the Boring Stuff with PythonAl Sweigart · 2015
Photovoltaic design & installation for dummiesRyan Mayfield · 2010
The history of Detroit and MichiganSilas Farmer · 1884
Introduction to Computing Using PythonLjubomir Perkovic · 2011
Digital planetGeorge Beekman, Ben Beekman · 2011
Understanding object-oriented programming with JavaTimothy Budd · 1998
PTAexamScott M. Giles · 2010
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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