Short Plus Code (Open Location Code)
ID plus_code_short
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Plus Code with leading digits removed, which is decoded relative to a reference location, often a town written after it (WF8Q+WF Praia). Digits are removed in pairs and only while the reference is close enough to recover the full code (plus_code). The specification describes removing two to six digits; the test data of the reference implementations also removes all eight (+2VX). Short codes keep the separator + and cannot contain padding. Short codes with nothing after the separator, such as 22+, are valid but not covered, because they look like ordinary text.
- Pattern of
- Plus Code (Open Location Code)
plus_code - 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
^(?:[2-9CFGHJMPQRVWXcfghjmpqrvwx]{2}){0,3}\+[2-9CFGHJMPQRVWXcfghjmpqrvwx]{2,}$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 9G8F+6W | 8FVC9G8F+6W shortened near Zurich (specification) |
| 8F+6W | The same code shortened closer to its centre (specification) |
| WF8Q+WF | 796RWF8Q+WF shortened for Praia (specification) |
| WC2345+G6g | Mixed case, from the reference validity tests |
| +2VX | 9C3W9QCJ+2VX with all eight digits removed (reference short code tests) |
| WC2300+G6g invalid | Short codes cannot contain padding |
| WC2345+G invalid | One digit after the separator |
| 8FVC9G8F+6W invalid | Full code: the datatype plus_code |
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
- other: https://github.com/google/open-location-code/blob/main/test_data/shortCodeTests.csv
Use this record
- Page URL:
http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/plus_code_short - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/geo/plus_code_short.yamlon GitHub