Plus Code (Open Location Code)
ID plus_code
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Full Plus Code of the Open Location Code system published by Google, which encodes a WGS84 latitude and longitude as a grid cell. It uses 20 symbols (23456789CFGHJMPQRVWX): eight digits, the separator +, and usually two or more digits after it; a ten-digit code is a cell of about 14 by 14 metres. Shorter codes pad the eight positions before the separator with pairs of 0 and end with +. The first digit encodes latitude and the second longitude, which limits them to 2-9 and C, and to 2-9 and C-V. Codes are case-insensitive. Shortened codes that need a reference place are the pattern plus_code_short.
- Categories
- Geographic identifiers
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Quality
- 75/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^[2-9Cc][2-9CFGHJMPQRVcfghjmpqrv](?:000000\+|[2-9CFGHJMPQRVWXcfghjmpqrvwx]{2}(?:0000\+|[2-9CFGHJMPQRVWXcfghjmpqrvwx]{2}(?:00\+|[2-9CFGHJMPQRVWXcfghjmpqrvwx]{2}\+(?:[2-9CFGHJMPQRVWXcfghjmpqrvwx]{2,})?)))$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 8FVC9G8F+6W | Example from the specification, centre 47.365562,8.524813 (Zurich) |
| 796RWF8Q+WF | Example from the specification (Praia) |
| 8FWCX400+ | Padded code from the reference validity tests |
| 849VGJQF+VX7QR3J | Fifteen-digit code from the reference validity tests |
| 8FWC2345+G invalid | One digit after the separator |
| 84900000+ invalid | Padding must come in pairs |
| 9G8F+6W invalid | Short code: the pattern plus_code_short |
Patterns
Specific representations of this datatype.
| ID | Name | Categories | Countries | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| plus_code_short | Short Plus Code (Open Location Code) pattern draft | geo | global | Plus Code with leading digits removed, which is decoded relative to a reference location, often a town written after it (WF8Q+WF Praia).... |
Sources
- doc: https://github.com/google/open-location-code/blob/main/Documentation/Specification/specification.md
- other: https://github.com/google/open-location-code/blob/main/test_data/validityTests.csv
- wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Location_Code
Use this record
- Page URL:
http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/plus_code - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/geo/plus_code.yamlon GitHub