NEW DELHI, Jan 27:
Google on Thursday announced the launch of an India-first feature on Google Maps where users can access their current location to find the ‘plus codes’ address for their home.
Plus codes are free, open-sourced, digital addresses that provide accurate addresses for locations, including for places that don’t have accurate formal addresses.
Instead of street and locality names, plus codes are based on latitude and longitude and are displayed as a short sequence of numbers and letters, providing accuracy right up to the doorstep and ease the discovery of and navigation to businesses.
Since its launch in 2018, plus codes have been adopted at scale by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in India and governments.
“In addition to community-led efforts, we are also committed to empowering users to directly use ‘plus code’ addresses for their daily needs.
“We piloted this feature in India a month ago, and are thrilled to share that over three lakh users in India have already found their home’s address using plus codes,” Google Maps Product Manager Amanda Bishop said. (PTI)
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