Is there a widely accepted open source alternative to What3Words?
2026-06-01 13:22 UTC
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@evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 2026-06-01 14:00
Oh dang. I haven’t actually used the app in a while. It seems like the monetization of core features is a new thing? It’s such a simple and good idea at its core, so it seems really stupid to muck it up. I guess I will just have to go back to using decimal lat/longs. At least mapping applications seem to be able to interpret those better now. For the longest time, even Google maps would just give you no results if you typed in what was obviously lat/long if you didn’t have the ° symbol and minutes/seconds.
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@csolisr@hub.azkware.net 2026-06-01 13:43
Yes, and incredibly enough, it's been pushed by none other than Google Maps! It's called Plus Codes, and the algorithm to encode and decode coordinates to/from Plus Codes is stable and can be performed entirely offline. maps.google.com/pluscodes/
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@Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2026-06-01 14:26
What is your use case? Certainly wouldn’t pay that though. Distance/direction from a clear reference point, link a URL of a map, lat/long. All options I would take above paying a subscription.
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@bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 2026-06-02 00:05
There’s the NSFW version, but it only works in the UK. And it’s not something that you’d ever want to say out loud. www.fourkingmaps.co.uk