Andreas

A plus code is just a different representation for a location. If Google Maps shows the wrong plus code, then it must use the wrong lat/long coordinates for your point...

@zongweil For context, the function @sqlquery mentions was written by me and published in a separate repo after discussions on the mailing list. Here are two threads in which potential...

Hi @BruceFast. As you've already mentioned, this is a topic that pops up regularly. You already mentioned #398 (the "PLUS-MINUS" suggestion), the probably longest discussion about it was in #343,...

Regarding the matter of point vs. rectangle, the problem I see is not the exact data structure, but rather the size and shape of areas whether we would store them...

I think we need to be clear about three different processes and where/why/how each of them does or doesn't fail. :) The first one is the Open Location Code algorithm...

> Alternatively, an offline place database should be added to https://github.com/google/open-location-code decoders, and there should be a documented deterministic way of generating a city from a location, so that a...

@tkafka Your estimate for the number of 4-digit codes isn't too far off. There are 9 and 18 characters used for the first two positions, respectively, and the full range...

> Agree it seems strange to talk about one of the drivers for OpenLocationCodes was be fully functional offline, but then its highly encouraged to create codes that don't work...

@chancegold I believe this was an intentional change, probably coinciding with the change in terminology from "Open Location Code" to "plus code" and subsequent usage in Google Maps. The first...

I think part of the problem might be that Google Maps, although it accepts full plus codes as input, isn't first and foremost a tool for offline navigation. As an...