Plus codes are short references for locations. They can be used to refer to places that don't have street addresses.
Plus codes are generated using code from the open source project Open Location Code. Because they're open source, plus codes can be used by anyone, for free. They work offline, and their grid can even be printed on paper. See https://plus.codes for an example.
Plus codes are based on latitude and longitude, and typically consist of 10 digits with a plus sign. For example, the location "27.174938,78.042188" is encoded as "7JVW52FR+XV". (These are called "global codes", because there is only one of them in the world.)
If there is a nearby town or city, you can shorten the code by dropping the first four letters.
These are called "local codes" and work similarly to a street name and number.
The local code of "7JVW52FR+XV" is 52FR+XV in Agra, India. Local codes repeat roughly every 110km, the town or city clarifies which one is meant.
This add-on provides the following functions (Sheets will display popup help as you type them):
PlusCodeEncode - to convert latitude and longitudes into global codes.
PlusCodeDecode - to decode global codes to their locations.
PlusCodeToLocal - to shorten global codes to local codes.
PlusCodeRecoverGlobal - to recover global codes from local codes.
Here is a sheet with examples of how to use the functions:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CKYWqBHUNVJfAN43psdud4dcDYTcsBLOALCnbJEbSjo/edit?usp=sharing
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