google/open-location-code

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Open Location Code is a multi-language library that encodes latitude/longitude into short 'Plus Codes' usable as digital street addresses where addresses don't exist. Encoding and decoding work fully offline with no lookup tables or online services.

Use cases

• generate plus codes from latitude and longitude
• convert a plus code back to coordinates offline
• give addresses to places without street addresses
• shorten a plus code relative to a reference location
• recover a location from a short code and reference point
• validate or parse open location codes

When to choose

• you need address-like location codes that work offline without data tables
• you want a well-tested, multi-language implementation of the Open Location Code specification
• you're building mapping or delivery apps for regions lacking street addressing

When to avoid

• you need full geocoding of place names to coordinates (use a geocoding service)
• you need postal addresses or building-level metadata rather than area codes

Facets

library · maturity stable

geospatial sdk parser developer-tools cross-platform python go rust jvm cpp c ruby plus-codes open-location-code geocoding addresses latitude-longitude offline maps geospatial javascript

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