roberdam/Xaddress

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1182 stars · 44 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Xaddress is a Ruby library and CLI that encodes latitude/longitude coordinates into a human-readable, address-like format that can be decoded offline with pen, paper, and a physical map. It includes a visual avatar for error checking and a short code suitable for links and storage.

Use cases

• convert lat/long coordinates into a readable physical address
• decode an Xaddress string back into coordinates offline
• give people in low-tech environments a usable address
• generate short location codes for sharing links
• verify a written address is correct with a visual avatar
• encode locations without a geocoder by specifying state and country

When to choose

• you need offline, low-tech address encoding and decoding
• you want an open-source alternative to What3words
• you need error detection when addresses are transcribed by hand
• you work in Ruby and want a simple CLI or library for coordinate encoding

When to avoid

• you need high-precision coordinates beyond ~10 meter accuracy
• you need a maintained service with guaranteed geocoding API availability
• you need integration in languages other than Ruby
• you need an actively developed project with recent updates

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

geospatial cli parser sdk developer-tools ruby cli cross-platform geocoding address-encoding what3words-alternative offline-addressing latitude-longitude human-readable-coordinates maps geospatial command-line

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