Wikidata:Property proposal/Plus codes

Plus codes

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic

Not done

Description	unique code for people or places that may not have a regular address
Represents	Open Location Code (Q23582265)
Data type	External identifier
Template parameter	"coordinates" in en:template:infobox settlement
Domain	geographic location (Q2221906)
Example	St. Thomas College, Thrissur (Q7591939) → 7J2RG6F9+FM
Source	https://plus.codes
Planned use	Can be used for every places which have geometric coordinates. Easy to share in case of Emergency.Can be used to spot of place which doesn't have exact address.
Formatter URL	https://plus.codes/$1
See also	Wikidata:Property proposal/what3words address

Motivation

Wikidata:IMLD-ODD 2018 Wikidata India Edit-a-thon Item Lists. ----> Locations
A unique id in with maximum of 10 letters which can be represent exact spot in maps. This can be helpful in case of emergencies. No need to sent the whole address. Just sent Plus code. And it's free of license.-Jinoytommanjaly (talk) 05:44, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Comment see Wikidata:Property proposal/what3words address for another method.
--- Jura 07:37, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Jura, Thankyou for the comment. I have gone through the w3w. Compared to that i felt plus codes are free and the technology is open-sourced. And it also not depending on language. Easy to share and search. Searching is easy by just Googling it too.-Jinoytommanjaly (talk) 14:29, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be a just another format for coordinates, contrary to what3words that can work as substitute for addresses.
--- Jura 07:20, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support David (talk) 15:47, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support These are also known as "Open Location Codes" and supported by Google Maps - see Open Location Code (Q23582265). ArthurPSmith (talk) 16:05, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- @ArthurPSmith, ya... Open Location Code is what the technology called..,and the codes generated are called plus codes. -Jinoytommanjaly (talk) 20:39, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose These can be calculated from WGS84 coordinates. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:10, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think that the datatype should be external identifier (at least for now). John Samuel 19:26, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- yes, I fixed this. ArthurPSmith (talk) 16:47, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support (external id) John Samuel 18:19, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Andy. See also Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coordinate_reference_system. Mahir256 (talk) 20:15, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done No consensus. Micru (talk) 11:13, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]