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Does anybody use mapcodes for navigation and if so on what?

 
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2016 11:53 am    Post subject: Does anybody use mapcodes for navigation and if so on what? Reply with quote

OK, confession time here I only heard about mapcodes yesterday (Wednesday, 4th May 2016). So you probably know all about them and either use them regularly or not.

If you haven't heard about mapcodes, they are a free, open way to make every house or location on Earth addressable by a short code. With nothing else except your mapcode, for instance, a navigation system will bring someone to within meters of your front door.

If you wanted to visit the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes at 221B Baker Street, London, the map code is:

H4.W6C (if you're in the same country or "GBR H4.W6C" if you're not)

Mapcodes were developed in 2001 by Pieter Geelen and Harold Goddijn (of TomTom), soon after the GPS satellite signals were opened up for civilian use. The current range of TomTom products can use mapcodes.

So the questions are:

Do you use mapcodes?
If you do, how often do you use mapcodes?
What SatNavs do you use mapcodes on especially if you use mapcodes on a SatNav other than TomTom?

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